Environmental Sensing and Monitoring Technologies: Global Markets

Report Code: IAS030B

Publish Date: Oct 2011

Publisher: BCC Publishing

Category: Instrumentation and Sensors

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Report Highlights

The global environmental sensor and monitoring market was valued at $11.1 billion in 2010. This market is expected to reach $11.3 billion in 2011 and $15.3 billion in 2016, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.5% between 2011 and 2016. 

Report Scope

This BCC study focuses on key environmental sensor technologies and applications.  It also provides data regarding the size and growth of numerous sensor markets, company profiles, and industry trends. Cutting edge developments, research priorities, and potential business opportunities are also examined. 

This report covers:

  • The environmental sensor industry and its structure, and the many companies involved in providing these products 
  • Emerging growth areas, such as large-scale monitoring networks.
  • Development stage companies in which the most innovative technologies are originating
  • Markets for environmental sensors, including passive, active, electromechanical, and semiconductors 
  • Sensor applications in temperature sensing, moisture detection, and biological and chemical detection
  • Company profiles, including overseas manufacturers
  • Patent activity 

Analyst Credentials

Research analyst Kevin Gainer is the former Managing Editor of the BCC journal ENERGY.  He holds both B.A. and M.A. degrees in Quantitative Economic Analysis, a well as a minor in Environmental Science, and has 25 years of economics and market research experience, including 9 years as an energy analyst at the American Electric Power Corporation.  He is the author of five published books, as well as dozens of technical papers, analyses, and studies published in conference proceedings and many unpublished within corporations.  He has worked as a research editor at BCC Research since 1995 and has authored many BCC technology market research reports.

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Title/Chapter NamePagesMember Price
Full Report: Environmental Sensing and Monitoring Technologies: Global Markets257Free
Chapter- 1: INTRODUCTION5Free
Chapter- 2: SUMMARY4Free
Chapter- 3: OVERVIEW10Free
Chapter- 4: REGULATORY DRIVERS5Free
Chapter- 5: ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORKS21Free
Chapter- 6: CATEGORIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SENSORS3Free
Chapter- 7: MARKET SEGMENTS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR BUSINESS13Free
Chapter- 8: INTERNATIONAL MARKETS26Free
Chapter- 9: OTHER LARGE SEGMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING AND MONITORING BUSINESS16Free
Chapter- 10: TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT65Free
Chapter- 11: ENVIRONMENTAL SENSORS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY15Free
Chapter- 12: PATENT ANALYSIS28Free
Chapter- 13: C. CRAMER & CO. GMBH46Free

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Report Includes

    Total Number of Tables in this Report: 29

  • Summary Table: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR AND MONITORING BUSINESS BY MARKET CATEGORY, THROUGH 2016
  • Table 1: U.S. INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, 2010
  • Table 2: U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND TESTING MARKET BY OPERATING COSTS EXCLUSIVE OF EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, 2010
  • Table 3: SENSOR CATEGORIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
  • Table 4: DOMINANT TECHNOLOGIES DEPLOYED FOR PHYSICAL SENSING
  • Table 5: NEW TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS FOR PHYSICAL SENSING
  • Table 6: PROMISING BIOLOGICAL SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES
  • Table 7: FEDERAL SPENDING ON BIO-SURVEILLANCE NETWORKS, THROUGH 2016
  • Table 8: ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING TYPES AND COMPANIES INVOLVED, 2010
  • Table 9: SENSORS USEFUL IN ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION AND MONITORING
  • Table 10: SENSORS BY MODALITY AND RELATIVE COST
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Report Highlights

  • The global market for environmental sensing and monitoring technologies was worth $9.1 billion in 2008 and an estimated $10.1 billion in 2009. This should reach $13 billion in 2014, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2%.
  • Radon, GPS, remote sensing and new technologies have the largest share of the market, generating $4.9 billion in 2008 and an estimated $5.1 billion in 2009. This segment is expected to be worth $6.8 billion in 2014, for a CAGR of 6.2%.
  • Terrestrial sensing and monitoring technologies combine for the second-largest market share, generating $2.6 billion in 2008 and an estimated $2.7 billion in 2009. This is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.7% to reach $3.4 billion in 2014.

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