Environment

Facility Management (FM) includes outsourced services associated with running or maintaining a facility, such as janitorial, engineering, security, environmental, landscaping, and other related services. In this study, Frost & Sullivan segments FM into 3 main service categories, namely hard FM services, soft FM services, and additional services. ...

The Indian water and wastewater treatment market is growing and gaining widespread attention. The World Bank commented that India could comfortably achieve 7.5% gross domestic product (GDP) growth every year, but not 8.0% unless it implements effective water management strategies. Government agencies are implementing regulatory and funding mechanis...

Light-as-a-Service (LaaS) is a subscription-based lighting industry business model where the end-user or the building owner purchases the light rather than the hardware that delivers it. With this model, the vendor and the end user enter into a multi-year contractual agreement with payment and energy saving details. LaaS was introduced to avoid the...

This study provides an analysis of the carbon footprint reduction opportunities of water and wastewater treatment plants and networks, with a focus on the European region. The reduction of a carbon footprint is an emerging global Mega Trend, due to the inherent footprint of the infrastructure and additionally because of the increasing energy consum...

The European market for fire detection is a well-established and stable market that presents modest growth rates with interesting opportunities for technology leadership and value chain restructuring. Despite the recent economic recession, the market has maintained positive growth levels since 2009, while other building technology markets have stru...

This market insight covers wireless fire detection, which is still a niche segment within the total fire detection market. In Europe, the wireless market for fire detection accounts for a small part, approximately 2.5 percent of the total fire detection market. This percentage will increase significantly over the next five years as wireless technol...

Saudi Arabia is a highly arid region and the population lives under conditions of water stress. Moreover, with the population expected to grow at a rapid rate, the per capita availability of water will further decrease. This scenario has created lot of opportunities for the development of water and wastewater treatment, and distribution and sewage ...

The market for green buildings in Turkey is nascent, but has a potentially bright future as the country turns towards energy efficiency and environmental performance of buildings. Driven by rising energy demand and increasing government support for environmental efficiency, this market is catching the attention of a broad range of participants. H...

Membrane Systems have been used in various applications for more than three decades, mainly for water treatment, including desalination of seawater and brackish water. With research and technical advancement and corresponding cost reductions, membrane systems are now capable of decontaminating non-saline water (including treated wastewater). This h...