Navigant Research

Assessment of Strategy and Execution for 14 Energy Service Companies

Energy service companies (ESCOs) have been instrumental in providing access to energy efficiency technologies and services in market segments that would not normally be able to consider or afford these types of capital-intensive projects. This access is largely enabled using energy performance contract (EPC) or energy savings perfor...

HVAC/Mechanical, Lighting, Commercial Building Automation System, Building Energy Management System, Water, and Renewables Technologies and Equipment: Global Market Analysis and Forecasts

Energy service companies (ESCOs) have been instrumental in providing access to energy efficiency technologies and services in market segments that would not normally be able to consider or afford these types of capital-intensive projects. In the mature US market and maturing markets of other regions, public sector and municipalities...

Energy Efficient Commercial Building Technologies:

Through two key pieces of legislation, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), countries in Europe are marching toward their emissions reduction goals set for 2020. Commercial and residential buildings are playing a central role in this strategy. The European Union (EU) has ope...

Commercial, Residential, Industrial, Outdoor, and Automotive Markets:

The adoption of LEDs has continued to increase in recent years, propelled by declining prices and increased efficacy. While reducing energy costs was the primary initial driver for adoption, better light quality, longer lifespans, and improved controllability have helped push for increased adoption across all market segments. The de...

HVAC, Lighting, Building Envelope, Building Controls, Water Efficiency,

Global buildings offer a focal point for affordably reaching the global sustainability goals established for energy and water consumption, materials use, and waste disposal, to name just a few. Efficiency opportunities in buildings provide an ample resource that is readily available in every region and country of the world, as well ...

LED, Fluorescent, HID, Halogen, and Incandescent Lamps and Luminaires

The commercial sector is primed with opportunities to increase energy efficiency, as commercial buildings are high consumers of energy. Lighting is often considered the low hanging fruit in terms of efficiency upgrades in commercial buildings since the related systems are cheaper than other building upgrades focused on efficiency, s...

DC Low-Voltage Power, LED Lighting, and Connected Lighting Systems:

Power over Ethernet (PoE) uses Ethernet cable networks to transmit power and data through one cable. Ethernet is a tested and trusted solution for transmitting data and low-voltage direct current (DC) power for everything from phone systems to cameras. PoE LED lights use the DC power from the Ethernet cable and eliminate the regular...

Airside Economizers and Energy Recovery Ventilators in Commercial Buildings:

The airside energy efficiency market is expanding globally as the need for higher ventilation competes with the need for lower energy costs. The main technologies related to airside energy efficiency for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) are airside economizers and energy recovery ventilation systems (ERVs). Economiz...

HVAC, Lighting, Building Controls, Water Efficiency, Water Heating, Building Envelope, Energy Production, Commissioning, and Installation:

On a global scale, buildings (both residential and commercial) account for 37%-45% of total final energy consumption. Commercial buildings in particular consume a considerable amount of energy related to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, water heating, plug loads, and various other building functions. Coun...

Software, Services, and Hardware for Smaller Buildings:

Building energy management systems (BEMSs) are software-centric intelligent building technologies for optimizing energy use and operations. In the early years of the BEMS market, smaller facilities were primarily ignored as targets for efficiency improvements. As the intelligent buildings market has evolved, however, it is becoming ...