Navigant Research Leaderboard Report: Smart City Suppliers
The smart city is a complex confluence of several existing markets and a driver for new, emergent solutions. The smart city sector is also attracting a diverse range of suppliers, which makes a...
View ArticleCoal Plant Decommissioning
Driven by tightening environmental regulations, competition from natural gas plants, and public pressure for cleaner sources of electricity, utilities will retire record numbers of aging coal plants...
View ArticleElectric Vehicle Charging Equipment
The electric vehicle charging equipment market is now launched and beginning to take shape. Plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales are rising, creating demand for charging – both at home and away. The...
View ArticleEnergy Harvesting
In the near future, energy harvesting (EH) technology will power an increasing number of consumer and industrial products that are untethered or need to become disconnected from the electrical outlet....
View ArticleSmart City Tracker 3Q13
The momentum around smart city programs has continued to rise during 2013. New city programs and supplier innovation are driving the worldwide smart city market. City leaders, central government...
View ArticleDC Power for Commercial Buildings
Public electric utilities deliver alternating current (AC) power exclusively. However, electronics, LED lighting, and certain other common devices operate on direct current (DC) power. These devices...
View ArticleCommercial Building Automation Systems
Commercial building automation systems (BASs) continue to evolve from point solutions built from proprietary products toward open and integrated systems based on modern digital information...
View ArticleData Center Energy and Infrastructure Management
Data centers around the world are increasingly becoming economic hubs for all forms of businesses. This is driving significant growth in the need for data center capacity, and businesses are scrambling...
View ArticleSmart Water Networks
The world’s water systems are under increasing pressure. Water utilities are relying on aging or inadequate infrastructure to meet growing demand, tough environmental targets, and increasing regulatory...
View ArticleAdvanced Sensors for Smart Buildings
With energy costs following a seemingly upward trajectory in many parts of the world and climate change on the political agenda, there is an ever-increasing focus on achieving greater energy efficiency...
View ArticleSmart Buildings Networking and Communications
Networked building controls cover a variety of building systems, including HVAC, lighting, fire and life safety, and security and access systems. These devices include a wide range of sensors,...
View ArticleIndustrial Combined Heat and Power
As one of the most mature distributed generation segments, the industrial combined heat and power (CHP) market is capturing renewed interest across all regions. Deployed at small- or large-scale at...
View ArticleEnergy Efficient Buildings: Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific represents a major portion of global real estate, with about 40% of the world’s building stock. Commercial buildings are high energy consumers in Asia Pacific, and the region’s buildings...
View ArticleEnergy Management in the Hospitality Industry
The guest room energy management market is going through a period of significant evolutionary change, moving from almost hardware-only solutions to broader solutions based on hardware, software, and...
View ArticleSmart Cities: Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific is home to most of the world’s largest and fastest-growing urban areas, and smart city technology is becoming a crucial element of their future development. Nations throughout the region...
View ArticleHigh-Bay Lighting
High-bay lighting must meet the stringent demands of illuminating spaces from afar while minimizing contrast, reducing glare, and in many cases meeting strict safety and hazardous environment...
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency Retrofits for Commercial and Public Buildings
The world economy is becoming increasingly constrained by energy cost, energy availability, and energy-related environmental regulations. Many countries, especially the developing nations in Southeast...
View ArticleSmart City Communication Networks
Smart city communications that connect people, objects, and sensors involve multiple access and aggregation networks that can vary from public to private and wired to wireless. For any city to become...
View ArticleIndoor Air Quality Monitoring and Management
Good indoor air quality (IAQ) is a necessity of modern building design and operations so that they provide a healthy and productive indoor environment. IAQ monitoring and management processes involve...
View ArticleOutdoor and Parking Lighting Systems
Outdoor lighting systems are a major contributor to global energy use. Since many governments and individuals are tackling climate change, more efficient outdoor lighting technologies are now being...
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