Tech Roadmap: Energy Management Technologies

Ben Hext

Ben Hext

Ben Readman

Ben Readman

Daniel Yazdanipour

Daniel Yazdanipour

30 Mar, 2023

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Executive Summary

Scope Of The Report

  • This Tech Roadmap report provides an analysis of 37 energy management technologies and looks at their use in commercial real estate. Areas that are covered by the technologies include storage, generation, lighting, windows, software, controls and sensors.
  • The report provides building owners, facilities managers and real estate executives with an overview of the maturity, business value, risks and likely evolution of these technologies. It helps them to identify solutions and their providers, and update future roadmaps accordingly.
  • A standard graphic on Slide 7 presents a consolidated view of where the technologies are positioned according to the above factors. A detailed analysis of each technology is provided in the rest of the report.

About the Authors

Ben Hext

Ben Hext

Industry Analyst

Ben is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix Smart Buildings practice. His current agenda covers hardware and software solutions for energy management, on-site power ...

Ben Readman

Ben Readman

Industry Analyst

Ben is an Industry Analyst covering the real estate sector, with a focus on data centres and hotels. His core research covers more than 100 vendors in the energy efficiency, s...

Daniel Yazdanipour

Daniel Yazdanipour

Analyst

Dan is an analyst on the smart buildings team at Verdantix. He holds an MSc in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering from Imperial College London, as well as a BSc in Che...

Rodolphe d’Arjuzon

Rodolphe d’Arjuzon

Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder

Rodolphe co-founded Verdantix in 2008. As Chief Product Officer, he leads the firm’s research strategy and intellectual agenda. With over 20 years of experience in techn...

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