[November 20, 2009] Research and Markets: Energy Management Systems for Commercial Buildings: How to Be More Efficient Using Energy Management Systems and Advanced Software Tweet DUBLIN --(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/62113d/energy_management) has announced the addition of the "Energy Management Systems for Commercial Buildings" report to their offering. Commercial buildings are the largest single consumers of energy in the United States. We live in a 24/7 environment where buildings and the equipment in them are running all the time. Whether it is heating up the office in the morning before we come in or lights in offices, parking lots, hallways, and in other locations that are on for between 6 and 24 hours each day, or data centers where numerous racks of servers run constantly, our buildings are constantly consuming energy. The result is that commercial buildings are responsible for approximately 20% of the energy used annually in the U.S. To reduce this usage and its associated costs and carbon emissions, a number of vendors are promoting a new generation of energy management systems (EMS), which are a combination of building management systems and advanced software solutions that assist in managing the building functions in a more energy efficient way to provide demand response controls when situations within the power grid demand it. The EMS market is still fairly nascent, but this report anticipates ample opportunities for growth as new companies focused on the space emerge, and longstanding IT companies and building management system companies gravitate to this growing market. Key market players include companies as diverse as Johnson Controls, EnerNOC, Scientific Conservation, Cisco (News - Alert), and others. The authors forecast that all of these factors will help drive the commercial demand response market to over 75,000 megawatt hours and the commercial building energy efficiency market to over $6.3 billion by 2020. Key questions addressed: What does the current landscape for energy management systems for commercial buildings look like? Who are the key players in the commercial energy management systems market? What are the interconnected aspects of demand response, energy efficiency, and building management systems? What does the future of the commercial demand response market look like? What does the future of the commercial building energy efficiency market look like? Who needs this report? Building owners and managers Energy management system software vendors Investment community Utilities and energy provider Demand response customers Demand response providers Key Topics Covered: Executive Summary Overview Market Issues Commercial Buildings Energy Usage Drivers for Improving Building Energy Efficiency Methods for Improving Building Energy Efficiency Energy Management Systems Definition of Energy Management Definition of an Energy Management System Components of an Energy Management System Key Industry Players The Competitive Landscape List of Key Market Actors Market Forecasts Overview Energy Efficiency/EMS Market Demand Response Market Segment Company Directory Acronym and Abbreviation List Table of Contents Table of Charts and Figures Scope of Study, Sources and Methodology, Notes Companies Mentioned: Archibus Architectural Energy Corp. (AEC) Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Cimetrics Cisco Comverge CPower Distech Controls Eaton Echelon EnerNOC General Electric Honeywell IBM Johnson Controls MACH Energy Prenova Schneider Electric (News - Alert) Scientific Conservation (SCI) Tririga For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/62113d/energy_management [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]