Industry analyst firm n-tech Research has announced that it will be issuing its next report on the smart windows market in late October 2016. n-tech has been providing coverage of the smart windows market for almost a decade and has produced detailed studies of this market and related businesses including the smart windows materials markets, smart mirrors and smart auto glass.
In this report, we present our analysis of the latest developments in the smart window space, which n-tech believes will fundamentally transform the opportunities available from this space.
More About the Report
· n-tech’s previous reports on smart windows have focused on the growing number of self-dimming coatings that were being proposed as the basis for smart windows. But we are now seeing a maturing of the smart windows with electrochromic windows showing signs of taking a dominant role. This report explores the implications of this trend, while still analyzing the commercial potential of the latest technology entries into the smart windows space
· Rather than just a materials play, as it once was, n-tech believes that much of the value added available to smart windows suppliers will flow from control systems and related electronics. Today smart windows is very much an Internet-of-Things (IoT) story and this report explores how this development is creating opportunities for the smart windows firms on the one hand and how IoT firms will benefit from fitting smart windows into their strategies.
· In the past the benefits of smart windows have generally be defined almost exclusively in terms of energy efficiency. However, what n-tech is seeing is that the marketing story around smart windows is now broadening. In future smart windows will be sold on the basis of enhanced comfort and especially as part of a package where smart windows are combined with smart lighting to provide optimal lighting and heating control. This report discusses where the money will be made in combining these two smart technologies and how the smart windows business will adjust to these new requirements.
· This report examines smart windows in the construction and aerospace sectors, where there seems to be considerable growth patterns. We also look at the prospects for smart windows in the automotive sector where the market appears to have stalled. As part of this analysis we examine the potential for smart window retrofits – these have become possible only recently and we believe will have profound implications for both the profitability of the smart windows industry and supply chain strategies that this industry adopts.
In addition to providing n-tech’s analysis of these important developments, this report also presents granular ten-year projections in both volume (square meters) and value ($ millions) terms. The report also examines the cost and technical challenges that will have to be overcome for the smart windows markets to make new products a success. This report also develops a roadmap for the next-generation smart windows technologies along with an appraisal of the strategies that the leading smart windows suppliers.
n-tech believes that this report will provide guidance to all those interested in the business prospects for smart windows and the technologies that make them possible.
Coverage Outline
Market Summary
New directions for smart windows since n-tech’s previous report
No longer just an energy saver: Smart windows selling on comfort
Smart windows considered as part of the Internet of Things
Technology maturing
The growing sophistication of the smart window supply chain
Can smart windows grow beyond luxury markets?
Smart windows: an opportunity analysis
Six firms to watch in the smart windows space
Opportunity analysis by region and country
Summary of the ten-year forecasts for the smart windows market
Technology Analysis: Smart Windows for the 21st Century
New comfort requirements opens up smart windows to technology innovations
Smart windows as a component in the IoT
Technological enablers for retrofitting smart windows
Key technological developments in electrochromic windows
RFI and upgrades in SPD technology
A future for thermochromic smart windows: Possible technology evolution
PDLC and the future of privacy windows
Smart Windows for Buildings: Ten-Year Forecasts
Commercial, residential, industrial construction trends
Today’s main market for smart windows: commercial buildings — ten-year projections
Ten-year market forecast for smart windows for residential buildings
Ten-year forecast of retrofitted smart windows
The smart building windows supply chain
Automotive and Aerospace Markets For Smart Windows: Ten-Year Forecasts
Energy conservation, comfort and style as a market drivers for smart windows in transportation
Supply chain considerations for smart windows in the transportation sector
Ten-year market forecast of the smart windows for the aerospace sector
About n-tech Research
n-tech Research is the leading provider of market research and industry analysis for the advanced materials sector, with a special focus on the latest functional and smart materials. The company is the next evolution of NanoMarkets and represents a rebrand and more from what has been an extremely successful firm that started back in 2004.
Our reports and services are designed to identify the latest business opportunities, whether they involve printing, coating, or patterning materials. Our client roster is a who’s who of companies in specialty chemicals, materials, electronics applications and manufacturing.