Homes and Buildings

Driven by technological advancements, cost reductions, and stringent EU regulations for improving energy efficiency in buildings, the HEMS and BEMS markets are collectively expected to cross $2 billion in revenue by 2018. Growing demand for an integrated solution for communication between sub systems or machine-to-machine interaction has made the m...

Integrated facility management (IFM) continues to represent the fastest growing segment of the European facility management (FM) industry. Driven by cost savings, single contact solutions, sustainability and energy management, service quality and total building lifecycle costs, this will remain the case for the foreseeable future with significant ...

The European lighting control systems market is poised for a period of strong growth. Driven by energy efficiency needs, LED lighting penetration, and the on-going emergence of smart buildings, Frost & Sullivan expects the next 5 years to witness intensified competition. This will be accompanied by a period of technology convergence that will also ...

New energy-efficient luminaires allow luminaires' manufacturers to tap into opportunities both in the replacement market and fresh installations. The European Union (EU) directives aid the growth of this market, supplemented by EU initiatives, partnerships, and funded technical pilot projects. These benefit the companies in this space to strategica...

The market for energy saving contract and performance contracting in Europe was worth more than 4 billion Euros in 2012. The market has been performing exceptionally well, considering the economic conditions of the past three years during for which several other building-related industries have reported negative growth levels. The outlook for the m...

Retrofitting of existing buildings contributes a major share in the European building automation systems (BAS) market. The BAS market discussed is segmented into office buildings, educational buildings, hospitals, wholesale and retail trade buildings, industrial buildings, and other building. The convergence of information communication and technol...

This research service tracks infrastructure development in Angola. The research service forms part of the infrastructure tracker studies across the African continent. Angola's infrastructure has endured years of neglect and destruction and is in urgent need of refurbishment. The civil war between 1975 and 2002 had a severe impact on the overall qua...