The Smart Grid and Smart buildings markets are beginning the tricky process of harmonization as major global firms look to capitalise on opportunities surrounding distributed energy. Memoori’s brand new report shows that the combined market for Energy Software in Smart Buildings (comprised of Enterprise Energy Management, BECS Supervisory Software and Smart Building to Smart Grid Interface Software) will rise to nearly $10Bn by 2020, with related software on the Smart Grid side growing at a healthy 12% CAGR to nearly $2bn by 2020. North America Leads the Way on Demand Response: North America leads the way in terms of smart building to smart grid software sales with some 70% of the overall market, thanks to a pioneering approach to demand response and a conducive policy environment; But other regions are catching up to the possibilities and their access to quality data is being boosted by government mandated smart meter rollouts. Significant Barriers continue to encumber […]