Environment Market Research Reports

The ecosystem of the connected homes market has expanded quite rapidly over the last five years, encompassing a host of technology vendors and service providers from home automation to information and communications technology (ICT), integrated service providers, utilities, and more. This study, based on a survey of 1,263 respondents in the United ...

The homes and buildings industry continues to evolve, driven by transformational technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, data analytics, and cloud networking. These are significantly impacting the connected homes, LED lighting, and building automation markets. Even in traditional markets such as fire and safety and integrated facil...

This research service provides a detailed account of the global water and wastewater sector’s transformation in 2016. The global market comprises solutions, services, and utilities spanning both municipal and industrial users. An estimated $625 billion is expected to be spent in the treatment, transfer, and disposal of water and wastewater this y...

01 Mar 2016  |  North America  |  Market Outlook

North American Desalination Plant Market, Forecast to 2020

New Plants to Revive Growth after Stagnant Phase

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Strong growth is expected for the North American desalination plant market after a period of relative stagnation. Growing pressure on water resources, combined with recent droughts, drives the use of desalination for water supply. In the United States, California and Texas have developed long-term plans to improve water supply partially through the...

This studys research objective was to gauge the usage of building technologies (BT) within U.S. retail chains with at least five stores. Data was collected in August 2011 using Web-based survey, which sampled 182 U.S. managers. Retailers were familiar with all BT the survey contained, but technologies most commonly employed included fire suppress...

This studys research objective is to gauge the usage of building technologies and physical security technologies within United States retail chains. The data was collected in August 2011, using a web-based survey. The sample consisted of 182 managers. The study examines technologies including access control systems: keypads, card readers, and ana...

Awareness of smart grid technology is low to moderate, yet awareness likely does not stem from electric utility companies. Consistent with the 2009 study results, only a few of the residential energy consumers are aware of smart grid technology. However, only very few respondents are aware of any efforts by their electric utility companies to intro...

The majority of current home owners surveyed own existing construction homes. Most do not believe their homes include many green products/services surveyed. Overall, usage of green products/services that require less expense/steep up-front investment or extra effort  such as energy efficient lighting  are more popularly adopted. Whereas, othe...

When comparing future home owners and current home owners, it is interesting to note that future home owners appear to have higher environmental intentions toward green home products/services. However, when interpreting these results one should bear in mind that future home owners likely are not as aware as current home owners of home ownership cos...