Contents:

- Executive Summary -- Market Overview --- Introduction --- Definition -- Major Research Findings --- Market Forecasts and Opportunities --- Competitive Structure --- Conclusion - Total Heating Ventilation Air-conditioning (HVAC) Control Products Market -- Market Overview and Definitions --- Introduction --- Definitions --- Market Engineering Measurements -- Market Dynamics --- Market Drivers --- High Growth of Chinese Building Industry, Driven by the Booming Chinese Economy --- Growing Demand of Tier-two and Tier-three Cities for New System Installations --- Promotion of Energy Saving Awareness and Enactment of Energy Saving Policies by the Chinese Government --- Growing Application of Central Air-conditioners for Residential Buildings --- Demand for Improved Indoor Air Quality and Comfort --- Market Restraints --- Benefits of BAS are Curtailed by Narrow Focus on Cost --- Building Developers and Owners Lack Correct Knowledge about BAS --- Lack of Detailed and Practical Design and Acceptance Standards Causes Unregulation of this Market --- Breakaway of System Providers, System Integrators, and Property Management Companies Causes System Failure --- Cheap, Uneducated, and Fluid Labor of Property Management Companies Lowers Value of BAS --- Market Forecasts --- Total Revenue Forecasts --- Revenue Analysis by End-user --- Market Trends --- Product Trends --- Technology Trends --- Competitive Analysis --- Competitive Structure --- Market Share Analysis --- Market Share Winners or Losers and Why --- Distribution Channel Analysis - Company Profiles -- Honeywell --- Honeywell International Inc. -- Siemens Building Technologies --- Siemens Building Technologies Inc. -- Johnson Controls --- Johnson Controls Inc. -- T.A.C. --- T.A.C. A Company of Schneider Electric -- Tsinghua Tongfang --- Tsinghua Tongfang E-city Energy Conservation Technology Co. Ltd. - Database of Key Industry Participants -- Manufacturers with Full Product Line --- List of Companies

Summary:

Healthy Economic Conditions in China Trigger the Demand for Heating Ventilation Air-conditioning Control Products Driven by a booming national economy, the Chinese heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) control products market is in the fast-changing and growing phase. China is witnessing a high rate of construction activities, especially in the commercial sector, which is the major potential market for HVAC units. Moreover, the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 are likely to facilitate construction and building activity, thereby fuelling new HVAC control system installations. "This increase in demand has set off a spate of technological innovations in the HVAC control products market," says the analyst of this research service. "They are heading toward higher interoperability, scalability, and expandability." These technological advances are being completed and applied to HVAC controls industry, resulting in market preference for open systems. Besides, wireless solutions for building automation systems (BAS), which have been developed by a few participants, are expected to inspire additional technological innovation for the whole industry in the near future. HVAC Systems Piggyback on Increasing Installations of Building Automation Systems The main purpose of BAS is to create an intelligent building by reducing energy and maintenance costs while creating a comfortable lifestyle for the occupants. HVAC equipment plays an important role in maintaining environmental comfort and building energy efficiency and hence, the HVAC control system is a core part of BAS. However, the benefits of BAS are curtailed by a narrow focus on cost. Since manufacturers and system integrators are asked to complete the whole system within the budget limitation, BAS often loses its fundamental functions. Hence, market participants need to promote the focus on indoor air quality (IAQ) and energy-saving awareness among potential customers. "During this course of promotion, energy-saving incentive policies endorsed by the Chinese Government are expected to play a more important role in the next few years", says the analyst. These policies include tax exemptions and incentive payments for the purchase of energy-efficient equipment and penalties for failure to install them. These steps taken by the Chinese Government are likely to increase awareness on the importance of energy conservation and drive new BAS installations and sale of HVAC control products.