Report: New, existing building projects for HVAC systems in the U.S.

While total construction market in the United States has grown at a modest CAGR of 2.4% from 2012 to 2014, IHS found in its recent report "World Market for HVAC Equipment" that 65.2% of total HVAC units sold into nonresidential buildings were retrofit sales.

Mobile technology affecting growth of HMI screens in building automation

The use of human interface (HMI) screens in the building automation equipment market is forecast to decline over the coming years.

Programmable controllers offer diversity for building automation integrators

Building automation equipment market has been slow going; however, IHS expects this to change as the market moves toward fully programmable controllers in the shorter term.