Global Smart Glass & Smart Windows Market (2012 – 2017) by Technology (Thermochromics, Liquid Crystal (LC), Suspended Particle Display (SPD), Electrochromics (EC), Photochromic), Applications (Architectural, Transportation) & Geography

Smart glass is widening its applications from conventional architectural (commercial and residential) to automotive, aviation, rail and marine, etc. Sun roof tops and rearview mirrors of the cars are lucrative applications for smart glass. With the robust growth of cars (especially high end cars), smart glass is also registering healthy growth in automotive market. Partition glass in aviation is also an attractive market, where smart glass suppliers have already received the orders from aviation market leaders. This report gives detailed insights of the smart glass market by technology, applications, components and geography. The report also focuses on the smart windows market.

The market size of global smart glass and smart window is estimated for 2012 and forecasted till 2017 with year-on-year growth. The penetration and growth of smart glass in various applications have been covered in the markets like residential and commercial architectural (i.e. construction sector) and in transpiration automotive is offering a huge growth, which is backed by the examples and the future plans of such automotive OEMs are also a part of the report. Smart glass is also being used in the aviation, which is a feature of the report. Non-electric technologies such as thermochromics have advantages; like it does not require any power source and competitive cost. The increase of the Electrochromics technology is the result of its ability to offer similar features of Liquid Crystal and Suspended Particle Display at competitive price.

Asahi Glass Company ltd. (Japan), Polytronix, Inc. (U.S.), Vision Systems (France), PPG Industries inc. (U.S.), Corning, INC. (U.S.), Ravenbrick LLC (U.S.), Domoticware (Spain), Research Frontier (U.S.), DuPont (Japan), Sage Electronics (U.S.), Gentex Corporation (U.S.), Saint-Gobain (France), GlasNovations Ltd. (U.K.), Scienstry, Inc (U.S.), Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Japan), SmartGlass International Ltd. (U.K.), Innovative Glass (U.S.), Soladigm (U.S.), LTI smart glass (U.S.), SPD Control Systems Corporation (U.S.), Samsung (South Korea), Velux A/s (Denmark) are the major players dealing in smart glass and smarty windows.

Scope & Markets Covered

The scope of this report includes only the market for smart glass and its technologies Thermochromics, Liquid Crystal (LC), Suspended Particle Display (SPD), Electrochromics, etc. The report also focuses on the smart windows and windows technologies. The market statistics has covered the price, value and shipments of the smart glass and smart windows. The complete market viewed and analyzed in this report is for smart glass and smart windows.

In this report, the smart glass and smart windows market is fully segmented into the following categories and aspects:

• Value chain & industry segments
• Supply chain & product life cycle
• Overall market
• Market by technology: Thermochromics, Liquid Crystal (LC), Suspended Particle Display (SPD), Electrochromics
• Market by application: Architectural (Commercial, Residential), Transportation (Automotive, Rail, Aviation, Marine) and others
• Market by geography: North America, Europe, Japan, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the Word (includes Latin-South America, Middle East and Africa)
• Impact analysis of market dynamics and analysis of various technologies and applications, key growth strategies along with the competitive landscape. Detailed segmentation of global smart glass market by technologies, applications, and geographies. Revenue forecasts of the global smart glass market and its various submarkets with respect to four main geographies such as North America, Europe, APAC, and Rest of the World (ROW). Identification of emerging trends and forecast for the global smart glass market for the period 2012-2017. Analysis of the opportunities in the market. Strategic profiling of the key players of the global smart glass market, and comprehensively analyzing their market shares, recent developments, investments and core competencies in each segment etc are major key take ways of the report.

Table of Contents 
 
1 Introduction
  1.1 KEY TAKE-AWAYs
  1.2 REPORT DESCRIPTION
  1.3 MARKETS COVERED
  1.4 STAKEHOLDERS
  1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
  1.6 MARKET SIZE
      1.6.1 KEY DATA POINTS FROM SECONDARY SOURCES
      1.6.2 KEY DATA POINTS FROM PRIMARY SOURCES
      1.6.3 ASSUMPTIONS MADE
      1.6.4 Major companies covered in this report

2 Executive Summary

3 Market Overview
  3.1 Market definition
  3.2 EVOLUTION OF smart glass SYSTEMs
  3.3 segmentation of smart glass market
  3.4 Application lifecycle of smart glass
  3.5 Value chain of smart glass
  3.6 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS FOR SMART GLASS market
      3.6.1 ENTRY BARRIERS
      3.6.2 THREAT FROM SUBSTITUTES
      3.6.3 INTENSITY OF RIVARLRY
      3.6.4 BUYERS’ POWER
      3.6.5 SUPPLIERS’ POWER
  3.7 MARKET DYNAMICS of SMART GLASS
      3.7.1 overview
      3.7.2 DRIVERS
            3.7.2.1 Eco-friendly/green building
            3.7.2.2 Mandates & legislations
            3.7.2.3 Increased applications in automobiles
      3.7.3 RESTRAINTS
            3.7.3.1 High cost premiums
            3.7.3.2 Lack of awareness
      3.7.4 OPPORTUNITIES
            3.7.4.1 Tapping the potential avenues
      3.7.5 BURNING ISSUE
            3.7.5.1 High cost
      3.7.6 WINNING IMPERATIVES
      3.7.6.1 Overview
      3.7.6.2 Integration with HVAC system

4 GLOBAL SMART GLASS MARKET, by technology
  4.1 introduction to technology
      4.1.1 Suspended Particle device (SPD) glass
      4.1.2 Electrochromic (EC) glass
      4.1.3 Liquid crystals (LC)/Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals (PDLC) glass
      4.1.4 Thermochromic glass
      4.1.5 Photochromics or photochromatics glass
  4.2 Electrical installation of smart glass
  4.3 special case for smart windows
      4.3.1 Passive smart windows/non-electric windows (Photochromic & thermochromics)
      4.3.2 Active smart windows/electric windows (SPD, LC/PDLC & EC)
  4.4 Comparison of technologies
  4.5 technological trends (photovolatics [pv] & OLED lighting)

5 global smart glass market, by Applications
  5.1 INTRODUCTION
  5.2 Architectural
      5.2.1 Commercial
      5.2.2 residential
  5.3 TransportatioN
    5.3.1 Automotive
    5.3.2 Bus/rail
    5.3.3 Aerospace
    5.3.4 marine
  5.4 others

6 Smart Windows
  6.1 Smart Windows Market dynamics
      6.1.1 drivers
            6.1.1.1 Value augmentation
            6.1.1.2 Green building initiatives
            6.1.1.3 Convenience delivery
    6.1.2 restraint
            6.1.2.1 High cost
  6.1.3 opportunities
  6.2 Types of smart windows
      6.2.1 Thermochromic windows
      6.2.2 Electrochromic windows
      6.2.3 Self-cleaning windows
  6.3 Smart window block diagram
  6.4 applications
      6.4.1 Residential
      6.4.2 commercial

7 Global Smart Glass Market, geographic analysis
  7.1 North America
  7.2 Europe
  7.3 APAC
  7.4 row

8 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  8.1 market share rankings
  8.2 Mergers & Acquisitions
  8.3 Collaborations/Partnerships/Agreements/Joint Ventures/alliances 177
  8.4 New Product Development
  8.5 others

9 Company Profiles (Overview, Financials, Products & Services, Strategy, and Developments)* 
  9.1 Asahi Glass Company ltd.
  9.2 Corning, INC.
  9.3 DOMOTICWARE
  9.4 Dupont
  9.5 gentex corporation
  9.6 GlasNovations Ltd
  9.7 Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
  9.8 Innovative Glass Corp.
  9.9 lti smart glass
  9.1 Polytronix, Inc.
  9.11 PPG Industries inc.
  9.12 ravenbrick llc
  9.13 Research Frontier
  9.14 SAGE Electrochromics
  9.15 Saint-Gobain
  9.16 SAMSUNG
  9.17 Scienstry, Inc.
  9.18 SmartGlass International Ltd.
  9.19 soladigm
  9.20 SPD Control Systems Corporation
  9.21 VeluxA/s
  9.22 vision systems
*Details on financials, product & services, strategy, and developments might not be captured in case of unlisted companies. 
 
List of Tables  
  
 
TABLE 1 SMART GLASS MARKET REVENUE, BY TECHNOLOGY,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 2 SMART GLASS MARKET REVENUE, BY TECHNOLOGY,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 3 SMART GLASS MARKET SHIPMENT, BY TECHNOLOGY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 4 SPD GLASS PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
TABLE 5 SPD SMART GLASS REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION )
TABLE 6 SPD SMART GLASS SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 7 EC SMART GLASS REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 8 EC SMART GLASS SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 9 LC GLASS PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
TABLE 10 LC SMART GLASS MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION) 
TABLE 11 LC SMART GLASS SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 12 THERMOCHROMICS SMART GLASSMARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 13 THERMOCHROMICS SMART GLASS SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2012 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS) 
TABLE 14 TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES AND SHORTCOMINGS OF PHOTOCHROMIC GLASS
TABLE 15 TRANSFORMER PARTICULARS FOR SMART GLASS PANEL
TABLE 16 SMART GLASS CHARACTERISTICS, BY TECHNOLOGY
TABLE 17 TECHNOLOGY WISE APPLICATION MARKET
TABLE 18 THERMOCHROMICS SMART GLASS REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION) 
TABLE 19 THERMOCHROMICS SMART GLASS SHIPMENTS, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 20 LC SMART GLASS REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 21 LC SMART GLASS SHIPMENTS, BY APPLICATIONS,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 22 SPD SMART GLASS REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 23 SPD SMART GLASS SHIPMENTS, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS) 
TABLE 24 ELECTROCHROMICS SMART GLASS REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 25 ELECTROCHROMICS SMART GLASS SHIPMENTS, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 26 THERMOCHROMICS ARCHITECTURAL SMART GLASS REVENUE,BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 27 THERMOCHROMICS ARCHITECTURAL SMART GLASS SHIPMENTS,BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 28 LC ARCHITECTURAL REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 29 LC ARCHITECTURAL SHIPMENTS, BY APPLICATIONS,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 30 SPD ARCHITECTURAL REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 31 SPD ARCHITECTURAL SHIPMENTS, BY APPLICATIONS,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 32 ELECTROCHROMICS ARCHITECTURAL REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 33 ELECTROCHROMICS ARCHITECTURAL SHIPMENTS, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 34 THERMOCHROMICS COMMERCIAL APPLICATION REVENUE,BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION) 101
TABLE 35 THERMOCHROMICS COMMERCIAL APPLICATION UNIT SHIPMENTS,BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 36 LC COMMERCIAL APPLICATION REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION) 
TABLE 37 LC COMMERCIAL APPLICATION UNIT SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 38 SPD COMMERCIAL REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 39 SPD COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 40 ELECTROCHROMICS COMMERCIAL REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 41 ELECTROCHROMICS COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 42 THERMOCHROMICS RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 43 THERMOCHROMICS RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION SHIPMENTS,BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 44 LC RESIDENTIAL REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 45 LC RESIDENTIAL UNIT SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS) 
TABLE 46 SPD RESIDENTIAL REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 47 SPD RESIDENTIAL UNIT SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 48 ELECTROCHROMICS RESIDENTIAL REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 49 ELECTROCHROMICS RESIDENTIAL SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS) 116
TABLE 50 THERMOCHROMICS TRANSPORTATION MARKET REVENUE,BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION) 117
TABLE 51 THERMOCHROMICS TRANSPORTATION UNIT SHIPMENTS,BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS) 118
TABLE 52 LC SMART GLASS TRANSPORTATION REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 53 LC SMART GLASS TRANSPORTATION SHIPMENTS, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 54 SPD TRANSPORTATION REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION) 121
TABLE 55 SPD TRANSPORTATION UNIT SHIPMENTS, BY APPLICATIONS,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 56 ELECTROCHROMICS TRANSPORTATION REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 57 ELECTROCHROMICS TRANSPORTATION SHIPMENTS, BY APPLICATIONS, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 58 THERMOCHROMICS AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS MARKET REVENUE,BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 59 THERMOCHROMICS AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS’ SHIPMENTS,BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 60 LC AUTOMOTIVE REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 61 LC AUTOMOTIVE UNIT SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 62 SPD AUTOMOTIVE REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 63 SPD AUTOMOTIVE SHIPMENT, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 64 ELECTROCHROMICS AUTOMOTIVE REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION) 
TABLE 65 ELECTROCHROMICS AUTOMOTIVE SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 66 LC RAIL SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 67 LC RAIL REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 68 SPD RAIL REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 69 SPD RAIL SHIPMENT, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 70 ELECTROCHROMICS RAIL REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 71 ELECTROCHROMICS RAIL SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS) 
TABLE 72 LC AVIATION REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 73 LC AVIATION SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 74 SPD AVIATION REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 75 SPD AVIATION SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNIT)
TABLE 76 ELECTROCHROMICS AVIATION REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION) 
TABLE 77 ELECTROCHROMICS AVIATION SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 78 LC MARINE REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 79 LC MARINE SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 80 SPD MARINE REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 81 SPD MARINE SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 82 ELECTROCHROMICS MARINE REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 83 ELECTROCHROMICS MARINE SHIPMENTS, BY GEOGRAPHY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 84 GLOBAL SMART WINDOWS MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,2012 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 85 PEST ANALYSIS FOR NORTH AMERICAN MARKET
TABLE 86 NORTH AMERICA: MARKET REVENUE, BY TECHNOLOGY,2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 87 NORTH AMERICA: MARKET SHIPMENTS, BY TECHNOLOGY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 88 EUROPE MARKET REVENUE, BY TECHNOLOGY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 89 EUROPE MARKET SHIPMENTS, BY TECHNOLOGY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 90 APAC MARKET REVENUE, BY TECHNOLOGY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 91 APAC MARKET SHIPMENTS, BY TECHNOLOGY,2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 92 ROW: MARKET REVENUE, BY TECHNOLOGY, 2011 – 2017 ($MILLION)
TABLE 93 ROW: MARKET SHIPMENTS, BY TECHNOLOGY, 2011 – 2017 (MILLION UNITS)
TABLE 94 MARKET SHARE RANKING IN SMART GLASS MARKET 2011
TABLE 95 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
TABLE 96 COLLABORATIONS/PARTNERSHIPS/AGREEMENTS/ JOINT VENTURES/ALLIANCES
TABLE 97 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
TABLE 98 OTHERS
TABLE 99 ASAHI GLASS: OVERALL FINANCIALS, 2010 – 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 100 ASAHI GLASS: 4TH QUARTER REVENUE BY BUSINESS SEGMENTS, 2010 – 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 101 ASAHI GLASS: REVENUE BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 102 CORNING, INC.: OVERALL FINANCIALS, 2009 – 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 103 DUPONT: OVERALL FINANCIALS, 2010 – 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 104 DUPONT: REVENUE BY SEGMENTS, 2010 – 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 105 GENTEX CORP: OVERALL REVENUES, 2009 – 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 106 GLASNOVATIONS LTD., PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
TABLE 107 HITACHI CHEMICAL CO. LTD.: OVERALL FINANCIALS,2011 – 2012 ($BILLION)
TABLE 108 HITACHI CHEMICAL CO. LTD.: REVENUE BY SEGMENTS,2010 – 2012 ($BILLION)
TABLE 109 HITACHI CHEMICAL CO. LTD.: OVERALL R&D EXPENDITURE,2010 – 2012 ($BILLION)
TABLE 110 PRODUCTS OF INNOVATIVE GLASS
TABLE 111 PPG INDUSTRIES: OVERALL FINANCIALS, 2010 – 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 112 PPG INDUSTRIES: REVENUE BY BUSINESS SEGMENTS,2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 113 PPG INDUSTRIES: REVENUE BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 114 PRODUCT SEGMENT OF RESEARCH FRONTIER
TABLE 115 RESEARCH FRONTIERS INCORPORATED: OVERALL REVENUE,2010 – 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 116 FOR RESIDENCES AND SMALL FACADE GLAZING (SGG REFLECTASOL)
TABLE 117 FOR MEDIUM AND LARGE FACADE GLAZING (SGG ANTELIO PLUS)
TABLE 118 SAINT-GOBAIN: OVERALL REVENUE, 2010 – 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 119 SAINT-GOBAIN: REVENUE, BY BUSINESS SEGMENTS, 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 120 SAINT-GOBAIN: REVENUE BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 121 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
TABLE 122 SAMSUNG: OVERALL REVENUE, 2010 – 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 123 SAMSUNG: MARKET REVENUE, BY SEGMENTS, 2010 – 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 124 SAMSUNG: MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,2010 – 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 125 SOLUTIONS& MERITS
TABLE 126 PRODUCTS & MERITS
 
 
LIST OF FIGURES 
 
FIGURE 1 SMART GLASS MARKET CLASSIFICATION
FIGURE 2 GLOBAL SMART GLASS MARKET RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
FIGURE 3 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION
FIGURE 4 SMART GLASS MARKET ANALYSIS
FIGURE 5 EVOLUTION CHART OF SMART GLASS
FIGURE 6 SMART GLASS MARKET SEGMENTATION
FIGURE 7 SMART GLASS, BY TECHNOLOGY
FIGURE 8 SMART GLASS, BY APPLICATIONS
FIGURE 9 SMART GLASS MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY
FIGURE 10 SMART GLASS APPLICATION MARKET GROWTH
FIGURE 11 VALUE CHAIN MODEL , SMART GLASS
FIGURE 12 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES MODEL
FIGURE 13 MARKET SNAPSHOT, SMART GLASS
FIGURE 14 DRIVERS IMPACT ANALYSIS
FIGURE 15 RESTRAINTS IMPACT ANALYSIS
FIGURE 16 SPD SMART GLASS, OPERATION
FIGURE 17 WORKING OF AN ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS
FIGURE 18 SCHEME OF EC GLASS PANEL
FIGURE 19 LC SMART GLASS OPERATION
FIGURE 20 LC SMART GLASS ILLUSTRATION
FIGURE 21 OPERATION SCHEMA, THERMOCHROMIC SMART WINDOWS
FIGURE 22 THERMOCHROMIC FILM FABRICATION
FIGURE 23 THE PROCESS OF PHOTOCHROMISM
FIGURE 24 OPERATION PHOTOCROMIC GLASS
FIGURE 25 PV INTEGRATED SMART GLASS FOR SMART BUILDING
FIGURE 26 SMART GLASS IN A HOTEL ROOM
FIGURE 27 SMART GLASS IN MEDICAL FACILITY
FIGURE 28 SMART GLASS IN LIVING ROOM
FIGURE 29 SPD SIDE WINDOWS AND SUNROOF IN A CAR
FIGURE 30 SMART WINDOWS, SINGAPORE METRO
FIGURE 31 EC SMART WINDOW, BOEING 787 DREAMLINER
FIGURE 32 SMART GLASS IN A MARINE
FIGURE 33 SMART GLASS IN LUXURY CRUISE
FIGURE 34 BLOCK DIAGRAM OF SMART WINDOWS

The smart glass market is comprehensively categorized under two verticals namely architectural and commercial which are further bifurcated into level 1 classification as depicted below:

• Architectural
  • Commercial
  • Residential
• Transportation
  • Automotive
  • Rail
  • Marine
  • Aviation

Suspended Particle displays (SPD), Liquid Crystals (LC), Electrochromic (EC), and Photochromic are the four major technologies that have found commercial traction for smart glass products such as smart windows, automotive sun roof, etc. Among these, suspended particle display (SPD) technology is witnessing an appended penetration rate in the other application sectors such as aircrafts windows, and doors among others. Both - the design community and window manufacturers have high expectations with regards to the application of smart glass for residential as well as commercial architectural applications.The architectural and construction companies provide immense scope to the glass and window manufacturers to leverage upon the product specifications and energy saving criterions, thereby producing energy efficient smart glass, smart films and smart windows. The technologies have been viewed and subsequently categorized with the perspective of proportionate applications. LC technology, which was the first to be commercialized in the smart glass market, is slowly but surely giving way to electrochromic technology due to economical and user-friendly traits.

In context to the technologies, photochromic technology has not been able to gain enough commercialization in the smart glass and hence the smart windows market and the trend are likely to be persistent with the emergence of new and more energy-efficient technologies like thermochromic and electrochromic. On the flip side, thermochromic technology provides transparency or tint with changes in temperature which are ideal for various architectural and transportation applications.

The industry stakeholders like glass manufacturers, window fabricators and smart film manufacturers present along the value chain are involved in partnerships and product innovation to achieve better market acceptance and hence the ROI (return on investment). The ever-inflating demand for advanced aesthetics and architectural comfort are propagating the stakeholders to achieve better market penetration. Some of the key players involved in manufacturing of the smart glass, films and allied components include RavenBrick, LLC (U.S.), Corning (U.S.), Research Frontiers (U.S.), Domoticware (Spain), Sage Electrochromics (U.S.), and Saint-Gobain (U.S.).

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