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Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic staying at home has increased as a measure to safeguard against the virus. As a result, a social shift is occurring, leading to a reduction in outdoor activities and consumers increasingly looking out to stay and home and modify it to serve multiple functions. Within this study, we explore the home ecosystem and how t...

The rising population across the globe combined with increased demand for quality food products and decline in cultivable agricultural land and adverse climatic conditions are severely impacting the total agricultural output. Innovation in the agricultural industry is prompting lighting manufacturers to contribute to the growth. Aquaculture and hor...

Businesses continue to respond to the impact of two major trends; the on-going coronavirus pandemic and climate change. The pandemic has created financial austerity among public and private organizations, and companies have also accelerated decarbonization in business operations as a way to gain competitive edge. As companies are resuming business...

After a highly challenging pandemic-filled 2020, the elevator and escalator market recovered in 2021 to register a global growth of 5.7% in revenues. While activity in the early part of 2021 were somewhat hampered by the pandemic, the later part of the year recovered well to post much higher growth than 2020. The recovery speed varied with the regi...

Water utilities across the globe are in various stages of implementing polices and regulations that will enable water conservation and reduce non-revenue water (NRW), with advanced smart water meters being the focal point of investment. For over a decade automated-meter-reading-based (AMR based) smart water meters were the most adopted. However, th...

The oil and gas industry recovered strongly in 2021 after recording an all-time low in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Oil prices in 2021 increased by 70.5% and reached a yearly average of $67.7 per barrel. Amid the geopolitical chaos and Russo-Ukrainian, the oil price rose to $117 per barrel in Q1 2022. Despite the better-than-expected recovery...

Driven by the rapid FM development in developing markets and offset by low growth in mature markets, growth in the Asia-Pacific facility management (FM) market is stable. The growing outsourcing culture, supported by the continuous expansion of asset base and new construction, contributes to a higher penetrable FM market base. Constantly evolving c...

This edition of the Inside R&D TOE features information on the use of intelligent platform enabling real-time monitoring of vital parameters in aeroponic and hydroponic vertical farming systems. The TOE also covers innovations based on the use of 3D radar sensors enhancing worker safety within the manufacturing industry while complying with interna...

The COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique and unexpected opportunity to tackle climate change in line with economic recovery by prompting global nations to set aside one-third of the COVID-19 economic recovery package for investments in digitalization, climate neutrality, and clean energy transition. Building energy management solutions powered b...