Bosch will become a leading provider of smart energy and building technology

For Bosch, there are substantial growth opportunities in the global energy and construction technology market, especially in the residential and commercial construction areas and services. Bosch has extensive system expertise and skills in the fields of thermal technology and security systems, software, sensor technology and storage technology.

For this reason, Bosch believes that it has the conditions to become the world's leading supplier of smart energy and construction technology. The company plans to increase the sales of its energy and construction technology division from 4.6 billion euros to 8 billion euros by 2020. In business user services, Bosch's goal is to create 1 billion euros in sales by 2020.

"The ever-increasing energy costs and increasingly stringent legal requirements are the main driving force for the strong growth of the energy and construction technology market worldwide. Energy management has been put on the agenda of senior management," Bosch, head of the Energy and Building Technologies Business Unit In an interview with a reporter in Stuttgart, Stefan Hartung, a member of the Board of Directors of the Group, said, "At the same time, the ever-increasing expectations for building comfort and safety have driven the growing demand for energy-efficient and security technologies and related services. Sensor Technology and Connectivity This provides a whole new technological possibilities."

Despite people's continuous efforts to use energy-efficient and energy-saving technologies to reduce energy consumption, global energy consumption is still steadily increasing. As more and more people flood the metropolis, the size of the satellite city continues to expand, and global energy demand has doubled between 1973 and 2012. With the ever-increasing energy costs, the rate of return on investment in energy technologies has also accelerated significantly. It is reported that existing buildings account for 40% of global energy consumption and industry accounts for 32%. The transport industry accounts for 28%. It is not difficult to see that the energy-saving potential of buildings is the largest, and it is also the best experimental field for carrying out various climate and energy efficiency measures. The heating system has the largest market potential: 75% of existing heating systems are not energy efficient. Today, it is easy to modernize building energy use using new, efficient systems, such as condensing technology, or by developing renewable energy sources.

The use of technologies such as sensor technology, IP activation technology and device connectivity will also provide Bosch with significant potential for growth in the energy and construction technology market. The Internet of Things technology makes it possible for interactive communications between devices and systems in buildings. Bosch predicts that by 2015, about 75% of the world's population will use the Internet, and at the same time, 6 billion items will be connected to the Internet.

This development will bring significant changes to the energy and construction technology markets in the coming years and will pave the way for new services and business models. Bosch has accumulated rich experience in this field. For example, more than 25,000 heating systems sold have already been networked. In 2014, sales of Bosch mobile phone/computer intelligent control boilers are expected to reach 50,000 units. Video monitoring devices with Internet-enabled cameras account for more than half of Bosch Security Systems' sales.

Intelligent heating provides more opportunities to optimize the building's heating system. "Smart heating" refers to intelligent network heating systems controlled by mobile phones and tablet computers. In this regard, Bosch has provided a large number of products that can meet the unique market needs of different regions.

In commercial buildings, the intelligent networking of energy systems has become very important. Bosch provides solutions for the intelligent connection of hot water and heating systems, efficient cogeneration units, organic Rankine cycle systems, combined heat and power systems and energy storage.

Bosch also provides professional advice on energy efficiency and can use potential energy efficiency. For example, Bosch technology can actually control the air-conditioning system so that the waste heat generated by the manufacturing equipment is office heating. Through these measures, Bosch experts can reduce energy consumption for commercial buildings by 20%.