Despite the general weakness in new construction due to the global recession, one building-related field has continued to grow: retrofits tied to improving the efficiency of facilities. A number of factors have been driving this growth. Such factors range from the need to improve the energy performance of buildings for cost savings to efforts to achieve some type of green building certification (e.g., the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program). In the new construction that has been taking place, these same drivers have been influencing the design of the buildings.
A multitude of factors will continue to influence the direction of building efficiency efforts around the world in terms of what is implemented and to what degree. Pike Research has selected ten trends among these that are certain to have a major impact on the building efficiency sector in the coming year and beyond.
Topics include:
- Energy Codes
- Mandatory disclosure rules
- Green building certification
- Building energy management systems
- ESCO markets
- LED lighting
- Smart grid
- PACE and other financing options
- Non-financial barriers to implementing energy efficiency
Pike Research’s “Building Efficiency: Ten Trends to Watch in 2011 and Beyond” white paper provides market analysis and contextual commentary on some of the most important elements of the drive to make buildings more energy efficient. Conclusions and predictions in this paper are drawn from a broad array of Pike Research reports, with market forecasts included for key market sectors.
What Does This Report Answer?
- How much more stringent are energy codes getting?
- What will be the impact of Mandatory Disclosure rules?
- What is the outlook for green building certifications around the world?
- Where are the opportunities in the ESCO market?
- When will adoption of LED lighting really take off?
- What is the connection between efficient buildings and the smart grid?
- What will happen with PACE financing?
- What options are available to overcome the high up-front cost of energy efficiency improvements?
- How will the many non-financial barriers to investments in energy efficiency be overcome?
Who Needs This Report?
- Building owners and property managers
- ESCOs looking for new market opportunities
- Companies looking to cash in on advanced demand response programs
- Providers of smart grid technologies interested in tying into building energy management systems
- Vendors of energy efficient products and energy management systems
- Architects, designers, and engineers who work with building system design
- Clean technology investors
- Government and energy policy makers
- Nonprofits and advocacy groups in the energy efficiency space
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Ten Building Efficiency Trends to Watch
3. Additional Reading
4. Acronym and Abbreviation List
5. Table of Contents
6. Table of Charts and Figures
7. Sources and Methodology, Notes
List of Figures
- Certified Green Building Space by Segment, World Markets: 2010-2020
- ESCO Industry Revenue by Technology or Project Type: 2006
- ESCO Market Forecast, Base Scenario, United States: 2008-2020
- ESCO Revenue, Asia Pacific: 2009-2015
- PACE Financing for Commercial Buildings, Baseline Scenario: 2010-2015
- Commercial State Energy Code Status: October 2010
- Countries with Green Building Certification Programs
- Top Barrier to Capturing Energy Savings for Your Organization (Survey Results)
- Addressing Non-Financial Barriers to Energy Efficiency