Technology and new business models are transforming the way we manage our homes and buildings to improve efficiency, sustainability, comfort, convenience, safety, and profitability. Amid this transformation, the intersection of technology and competition is ushering intelligence and the integration of buildings into the smart city ecosystem and longer-term trends such as the Internet of Buildings. A convergence of technologies will drive new growth opportunities and shift market dynamics by reducing operation and infrastructure costs and improving the financial optimization of buildings. Frost & Sullivan’s latest analysis, Global Homes and Buildings (H&B) Industry Outlook, 2018, anticipates the H&B market revenues to reach $1.19 billion in 2018, with double-digit growth in segments such as connected homes and LED lighting spurring significant market expansion.

The analysis also offers Frost & Sullivan’s top predictions for the home and building industry, along with key technologies, regional outlooks, revenues by market, and leading companies to watch. Trends and growth opportunities in industry sectors such as the home industry, residential, LED lighting, connected home, smart thermostats, lighting controls and lighting management systems, low-voltage-switchgear, facility management, HVAC equipment, BAS, and BEMS are also provided.

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“With fierce competition resulting from new entrants, business models, IoT-based product offerings, and price, it is imperative for deeply entrenched players to create new and additional revenues streams by leveraging disruptive innovations that address specific challenges in the industry, such as data monetization, virtual voice assistants, artificial intelligence, blockchain, digital ceiling, and Li-Fi,” said Anirudh Bhaskaran, Industry Analyst, Home & Building at Frost & Sullivan.

Bhaskaran recommends players emulate innovative companies such as Siemens, Johnson Controls, Honeywell, Schneider Electric, Compass, Sodexo, Amazon, Google, GE, and Tesla who provide open source platforms, products with functionality integration, and embrace a customer-centric approach.

From a regional perspective energy efficiency and low carbon technologies are key topics in Europe, driven by high electricity costs and legislative pressures. In the United States, large revenues will be drawn from IoT-based markets, especially connected homes, smart thermostats, and connected lightings while in the Asia Pacific region, building management systems, elevators, and air-conditioning markets will grow at an accelerated pace due to continued investment in infrastructure projects.

Leverage these five recommendations to exploit growth opportunities in the global H&B sector:

1. Market participants should adopt open, wireless communication protocols to develop IoT-enabled products;
2. Innovate with machine learning algorithms and partnership with utilities to market  energy management and connected home products;
3. Develop vendor-agnostic software platforms to be compatible with Software-as-a-Service and other hardware;
4. Forge partnerships with companies that will help integrate systems in homes and buildings; and
5. Improve total customer experiences by adopting customer-centric business models.

“A wave of targeted artificial intelligence solutions will be seen this year, mainly incorporating machine learning algorithms in building energy management and home automation & control products,” noted Bhaskaran.

Global Homes and Buildings (H&B) Industry Outlook, 2018, is part of Frost & Sullivan’s Home & Building Growth Partnership Service program.

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