in the market. It also covers the company overview and their financial position
which helps in determining competition
in the market.
The report comprises a detailed value
chain analysis of succinic acid, and porter’s
five force model to understand market dynamics from raw material suppliers to end
users. It helps in analyzing and building
key business strategies for suppliers, buyers, substitutes, and possible new entrants.
New Functional Coatings
Provide Under-Appreciated
Business Opportunities
Advances in materials science and nanotechnology have created several new
functionalities in coatings, going beyond
their original basic protective and decorative attributes, according to a recent
report from Lux Research. However,
mismatched perceptions among coating
developers and potential customers still
remain, slowing rapid market adoption.
Functional coatings – offering benefits
such as antimicrobial in medicine, self-healing in infrastructure, hydrophobic in
electronics, and photocatalytic ihn construction – deliver value over and above
the basic decorative and protective
functions.
“Functional coatings can significant-
ly enhance the value proposition of the
end product but qualification time, cost
and durability requirements often tem-
per these benefits,” said Aditya Ranade,
Lux Research senior analyst and the
lead author of the report titled, “Beyond
Protection: Scouting for Hot Spots in the
Emerging Functional Coatings Market.”
Lux Research analysts examined
four coating functionalities – hydropho-
bic, antimicrobial, photocatalytic, and
self-healing – for their applicability and
disruptive potential, and assessed 53 in-
novative small- to medium-sized develop-
ers. Among their findings:
Self-healing is the most disruptive, but
under-appreciated. Elastic clearcoats can
repair scratches to automotive components,
and mechano-responsive polymers offer
game-changing functionality with their abil-
ity to anticipate cracks before they appear.
However, most industries rate self-healing
coatings as only moderately disruptive,
pointing to missed opportunities.
Nanogate, Diamon-Fusion show com-
mercial mettle in hydrophobic coatings.
Besides solid technical value, both Nanogate
Technologies and Diamon-Fusion
International boast solid partnerships and
positive momentum. The two firms topped
Lux Research’s rating of hydrophobic coat-
ing developers, and are strong targets for
aerospace, sporting goods, and automotive
industry players, which see hydrophobic
coatings as impactful.
Strong market pull exists for antimi-
crobial coatings. Hospitals, food pro-
cessing facilities, animal housing and
children’s centers have a clear motivation
to reduce spread of diseases. Hence, anti-
microbial coatings are seen as highly dis-
ruptive in the medical industry.
The report, titled “Beyond Protection:
Scouting for Hot Spots in the Emerging
Functional Coatings Market,” is part of
the Lux Research Sustainable Building
Materials Intelligence and the Advanced
Materials Intelligence services.
USGBC’s Report Reveals
More Than 4. 3 Million
People Live and Work in
LEED-Certified Buildings
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
has released its inaugural LEED in Motion
report, a holistic statistical snapshot of the
green building movement aimed at equipping its members with the insight to make a
strong case for sustainable building activity.
The first of three reports in the LEED
in Motion series, available exclusively
to USGBC member companies, LEED in
Motion: People and Progress examines
the individuals and organizations that are
driving and benefitting from green building, utilizing graphics, charts and other
tools to demonstrate the breadth of the
community intent on creating buildings
that are better for the environment and
the people who utilize them every day.
“LEED is a transformative force that
works at the intersection of a variety of
societal and economic interests, including
the construction, real estate and environ-
mental communities,” said Rick Fedrizzi,
president, CEO and founding chair,
USGBC. “The new LEED in Motion re-
port reflects that incredible cross-section
of people — diverse in back-
ground, geography and vocation
— who are working together
to fulfill USGBC’s mission of a
sustainably built environment within a
generation.”
The first section of the report,
Occupants and Industry, examines the
broad community that engages with green
buildings as residents and tenants — as
much a part of the movement as industry
practitioners. Currently, USGBC estimates
that more than 4. 3 million people live and
work in LEED-certified buildings, while
more than 6.2 million people experience a
LEED-certified project every day.
The LEED Professionals section of the
report considers the community of more
than 186,000 LEED credential holders
who are actively applying their specialized knowledge of LEED to advance the
green building rating system while adding value to the firms that employ them.
In particular, the report notes the top 10
U.S. states for LEED Professionals, as
well as the top 10 industries in which
they are employed.
The report also examines the nearly
13,000 USGBC member organizations,
ranging from Fortune 100 corporations
to small neighborhood businesses, representing 13 million employees and $1.8
trillion in combined revenue. People and
Progress reports on the location and
market sectors of these geographically
and professionally diverse organizations,
which are advancing green building with
activities such as portfoliowide LEED
certifications and participation on LEED
development committees.
Additionally, the report features
USGBC’s network of 77 chapters and
nearly 30,000 chapter members, explaining how the network’s educational,
advocacy-related and community-based
activities are proving pivotal to the expansion of green building in local communities around the nation.
The report also features several project spotlights, highlighting sustainable
features and achievements at projects in
the medical, education and commercial
real estate sectors, in addition to interviews with green building leaders.
USGBC will release the next two
