Efficient Building Systems

Residential, commercial, and government buildings consume 40% of energy in the developed world, in addition to vast quantities of water and raw materials. As the majority of the world population inhabits cities and urban spaces, buildings and infrastructure are on the frontline of the effort to consume energy more efficiently and sustainably. The cities of tomorrow must integrate the design of urban infrastructure to promote economic efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and foster sustainable development.

Efficient building systems can greatly decrease economic and resource inputs, improve labor productivity of building inhabitants, and reduce environmental impacts. Building energy management systems further allow materials, equipment, software, and services companies to viably participate in the broader net-zero energy buildings or “smart city” concept and Urbanization megatrend.  Companies looking to capitalize on this must be able to:
  • Monitor rapidly evolving technologies around the globe
  • Assess a wide variety of companies
  • Understand and forecast market dynamics: size, players, and trends
  • Navigate a crowded intellectual property landscape
  • Identify integration and non-standard application opportunities for existing portfolios
  • Understand an uncertain and regionally-unique regulatory outlook

Sample topics covered by Lux Research:

Technologies:

  • BEMS equipment
  • Advanced heating and cooling
  • Combined heat and power
  • Heat pumps and absorption chillers
  • Thermal energy storage, solar A/C
  • Ground loop heating and cooling
  • Magnetic cooling, thermoelectrics
  • Energy efficient lighting
  • Daylighting
  • LEDs, OLEDs, CFL, HID, and QDs-based systems
  • BEMS controls
  • Sensors, thermostats, adaptive controls, actuators
  • BEMS software and services
  • Smart HVAC and lighting
  • Demand response and smart grid programs
  • Energy service companies (ESCOs)

Industries:

  • Reducing building electricity and fuel use
  • Increasing building thermal efficiency and improving lighting
  • Improving indoor environment and productivity
  • Distributing and generating on-site power
  • Improving building water efficiency
  • Evaluating sensors and diagnostics
  • Reducing systemic energy use and carbon emissions
  • District heating and cooling
  • Utility power and water demand response
  • Transitioning to integrated, networked, and net-zero energy buildings as part of a broader “smart city” ecosystem

Companies:

  • Coolerado
  • Adura Technologies
  • Optimum Energy
  • BuildingIQ
  • Redwood Systems
  • Solatube
  • Stiebel Eltron
  • Seeley International
  • Ameresco
  • Siemens
  • IBM
  • Johnson Controls
  • Sekisui House
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