Smart Cities

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every sector in some capacity and has forced market participants across industries to undergo rapid transformation. The building technologies and services industry is no exception and is at the cusp of a considerable shift. These changes are not restricted to technological or building design changes but involve ho...

The New Zealand (NZ) facilities management (FM) market is seeing relatively stable growth, despite the pandemic-induced disruption in 2020. The high awareness of FM services and active participation of end users, coupled with the growing awareness of energy efficiency and the existing building stock in the country, has been responsible for the stab...

District cooling (DC) is the cooling equivalent of district heating. This process involves supplying chilled water (usually between 4 and 8 degrees Celsius) from a central plant to multiple buildings via insulated underground pipes. The cooled water is then used to chill the indoor air in buildings before being sent back to the central plant to be ...

The study covers a macro assessment, market segmentation and sizing, assessment of competitors, value chain analysis, and growth opportunities for rooftop solar photovoltaic installations for residential and non-residential (defined as business-to-business [B2B]) buildings in Thailand. Commercial and industrial building segments are the most att...

Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are highly urbanized markets with large infrastructure expenditure by governments and high uptake of collaboration solutions in the construction industry. However, the use of cognitive solutions and the “innovate to zero” concept (for example, zero defects, emails, and emissions) are still nascent. Beyond...

04 Feb 2021  |  Global  |  Mega Trends

The Future of Smart Buildings—Top 10 Growth Opportunities in the Global Building Automation Market

Growth Strategies Fueled by Accelerated Integration of Health, Safety, and Security Features in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The global building automation market has been experiencing an upswing during the last few years driven by increasing awareness about building optimization, energy efficiency, smart and green advancements, and the rise of smart city initiatives. The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, however, has both accelerated the need for building automation systems and c...

Building Energy Management (BEM) has emerged as a fast growing sector with increasing emphasis on improving energy efficiency and sustainability across industries. Both emerging participants and start-ups have introduced innovative energy management solutions that include IoT platforms, energy dashboards, and cloud services to lead innovation effor...

This research service takes a detailed look at two of the most dynamic segments of the connected home and connected living ecosystem, namely—connected health and connected security. Security and home monitoring is already one of the core elements of the connected home; and connected health is poised to drive the next wave of growth beyond 2020. ...

This study analyses the drivers and restraints of the global market for indoor energy harvesting solutions that make electronic and electric devices in homes and buildings self-sufficient. Frost & Sullivan has identified a variety of product solutions that could be equipped with energy harvesting by 2030. Energy harvesting powered devices are compl...