Green homes construction is expected to grow to between 29 percent and 38 percent of the market by 2016, realizing an $87 billion to $144 billion market, reports McGraw-Hill Construction in its new Green Home Builders and Remodelers Study. That’s up five-fold from the 17 percent/$17 billion green home construction market in 2011. Construction...
A new report from Pike Research says the market for commercial building automation systems will double over the next decade, increasing from $72.5 billion in 2011 to $146.4 billion by 2021. Pike Research’s report, Commercial Building Automation Systems, analyzes the global market for commercial building automation and management systems including security and access, HVAC...
The U.S. Department of Energy has recently released a pair of reports that sheds light in the market for LED (light emitting diode) lighting. It’s a market that shows great promise, one that consumers in residential and commercial markets are taking notice of—and one whose market longevity may be limited. The DOE’s US Lighting...
Some recent studies show the promise that building energy management systems and energy efficient buildings are set to take off—at least in the commercial sector. However, that promise is tempered other factors. A report by Pike Research states that global revenues from building energy management systems (BEMS) are expected to rise almost 14 percent...
Weird year: 2011 was supposed to be the breakthrough year for home energy management, at least according to this GreenTech Advocates guy. That didn’t quite happen, but there was a lot of progress. Just not exactly the kind we anticipated. There was bad news, too. Google and Microsoft left the energy monitoring party, and...
There’s some good news and bad news from a recently released study by green research firm The Shelton Group—though it is hardly surprising. In short, people are much more receptive to energy efficiency, and they look to it to save money. Yet they remain unknowledgeable about the topic and will withstand triple-digit monthly increases...
Also in GreenTech news: $4 billion in energy efficiency upgrades for buildings, what Lighting Facts labels mean, enterprise-level energy management software leaders, LG gets way greener, and tax credits for efficient water heaters.
If you sell green and sustainable services, the United States government wants you—as a small business sustainable partner. Opportunities in going green were the focus of a recent webinar by Outreach Program Manager Christy L. Jackiewicz of the General Services Administration’s Office of Small Business Utilization. The GSA offers professional services, equipment, supplies, telecommunications,...
The global market for energy efficiency in buildings will grow from $77.8 billion to 103.4 billion by 2017, affording a huge growth opportunity for energy service companies (ESCOs) and energy-efficiency companies like HVAC sellers, according to a Pike Research report. Growth will occur at a compound annual rate of 7 percent, representing a pretty...
It’s nice to see that some homebuilders are embracing more efficient energy efficiency standards. And that should lead to more need for home energy management systems and other green technologies in the home. As EE News reports: More than 400 construction firms, including several of the largest American homebuilders, plan to follow stingy new...
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