The existing stock for commercial buildings is responsible for over 24% of greenhouse gas emissions and account for over 41% of the total primary electricity use, with a share of around 57% getting dedicated to maintaining heat or cooling in the buildings. These numbers are increasing YoY, due to the rising aboriginal and migrated population and improving living standards. The region is likely to be confronted with an energy shortage in the future, and unfavorable climate changes are quite evident.

Employees are an asset to any industry or organization. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the employers to take appropriate welfare measures for the well environment. While most of the accidents happen due to accidental falls, some of the other causes include being struck by a falling or moving object and contact with electricity. In addition to life threats, businesses also lose a lot of money in workers' compensation claims, insurance premiums, product liability costs, and other employee-related expenses. Along with the rise in workforce safety to comply with the growing construction demand, employing an aged workforce can further increase risks. This has given rise to the growth and adoption of fall protection equipment.

Wind turbines are beginning to be used for electrical generation, having previously been used for various other applications, such as sailing, agriculture, grinding, and others. From an emerging power source, 20 years ago, wind turbine technology has been transformed into a commercial electricity- generating technology in more than 80 countries. While the world has been harvesting energy from wind for several decades, the growing environmental concerns in last few years have driven the deployment of renewables, globally. The usage of wind power has reached a point where it has become a noticeable contributor to the world’s energy mix. The exponential growth in the wind energy market is supported by depleting fossil fuel reserves, declining cost of wind power generation, growing sensitivity toward environmental issues, and support from various governments around the world, through financial incentives.

With the growth in disposable incomes, many solo travelers, families, and couples are all attracted to the ASEAN region for the regional beauty, range of activities, and friendly locals. Backpacking, medical and wellness travel, and food tourism are expected to be some important trends for these countries to embrace in order to increase their appeal in the future. The region also caters to a lot of increasing interest in the economic development potential of tourism in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar (Burma). The reasons for this expanding tourist interest in the Far East seem obvious, such as the rising levels of affluence in the visitor source countries; the falling costs of international travel and its increasing availability; the more effective organization of tourism both domestically and internationally, in terms of infrastructural support, packaging and promotion, and the move toward regional promotional strategies in the ASEAN countries; the positive policy support given by governments to tourism development and its importance in national development plans; and the search on the part of tour companies and tourists for new, alternative, more exciting, and exotic destinations away from the overcrowded, overdeveloped resorts of Europe and North America.

More than 68% of freshwater on the Earth is trapped in the form of icebergs and glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Nearly 30.90% is present in the form of underground water, which exists between rocks and the soil surface. Around 0.4% of freshwater is present as surface freshwater in the form of lakes, rivers, and wetlands. These include various water springs and other small freshwater resources, like ponds and reservoirs. Almost all of the Earth's water is saline and is inconsumable directly. From the small amount of freshwater, a relatively small portion is available to sustain human, plant, and animal life. Freshwater is vital for a majority of biological organisms. It is estimated that less than 0.01% of the freshwater available on the Earth is found in lakes, swamps, and rivers. Other freshwater sources, such as glaciers and underground water, contribute to around 2.5% of the world’s water content. Freshwater, even though abundantly available, is a limited resource to humanity and the environment. The increasing need for mechanization and food safety led to excessive usage of the available freshwater resources in the past century. This has created an ecological imbalance, as the wastewater produced from agriculture, industrial processes, and sewage water was discarded into freshwater resources.

Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have established themselves as one of the preferred digital implementation platforms in a profusion of current industrial applications, and extensions and improvements are still continuously being included in the devices. Nowadays, FPGA is widely used in industries ranging from telecom to aerospace. Its advantage over ASIC, in terms of design change even after the product, has been deployed in the field has expanded the use of FPGAs. This feature allows the designer to upgrade from a remote location eliminating the need of fabrication from scratch. Another factor driving the growth of FPGA market is the demand of extensive computation in applications which gives a new direction to the FPGA industry. Moreover, cloud computing and data processing in data centers have emerged as a significant area of application for FPGAs. The rise in the demand for optimization in big data analytics is one of the primary drivers for the market. With an aim to execute operations in parallel to have the real-time performance, the leading search engines, such as Google, and firms, such as Amazon and Walmart, who derive consumer insights based on big data analytics, are increasing their dependence on FPGAs to make business decisions.

Critical infrastructure plays an active and dynamic part in supporting the seamless progression and assimilation of modern society. The performance, safety, reliability, continuous operation, maintenance, and protection of critical infrastructure are among the national priorities for countries around the world. Critical infrastructure (CI) offers essential services that underpin society and serve as the backbone of any nation's economy, health, and security. The power used in homes and industries, potable water, transportation, and communication systems is a part of critical infrastructure. The critical infrastructure sectors comprise assets, networks, and systems, whether physical or virtual. The physical protection of critical infrastructure can prevent the commission of high-impact terrorist attacks and avoid the cascading effects that are frequently associated with such attacks. INTERPOL has observed an increase of 200%, in the number of profiles of foreign terrorist fighters, between January 2017 and April 2018. Further, defense bases and facilities are widely supported by a variety of critical infrastructure and operational technology right from power generation and utilities to building automation and safety systems. Destruction or incapacitation of these bases can have a debilitating effect on the national economic security, safety, or any combination thereof such as loss of power, exposure of confidential information, interruptions to operations, and threats to the safety of personnel.

The growth of the print label market is augmented by the rapid rise of digital print technology that has made the print label market more sophisticated and increased the adoption of digital print labels, Their versatility and flexibility, combined with the high graphics standards, are the key growth features. Many organizations like Nilpeter, Xeikon and Bobst Firenze, among others, believe that digitally printed label is suited to meet the demands of the market and has an added advantage over traditional printing technologies. Digital technology has met the multiple requirements of various end-user industries in makin g a ttractive la bel designs to encourage potential consumers to make purchases. The integration of digital technology with the existing label printing technique is expected to bring a huge change to all the small-scale, as well as large-scale sectors, improving the overall market. The growth of the print label market is augmented by the rapid rise of digital print technology that has made the print label market more sophisticated and increased the adoption of digital print labels, Their versatility and flexibility, combined with the high graphics standards, are the key growth features.

Digitization has become the key to unlock newer opportunities in almost every industry and is gaining a strategic edge in a rapidly-changing business ecosystem. A survey by Fujitsu of the C-suite decision- makers revealed that 98% of the correspondents believe that digital innovation has disrupted their organization. Furthermore, 77% of the respondents considered innovating more quickly as a necessity, while 67% of them considered partnering with technology experts as a necessity for growth. Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a system, which helps organizations manage the series of changes in a product’s lifecycle, starting from its design and development to its ultimate disposal. However, the growth in the adoption of smart connected products, due to the adoption of the IoT technology, is pursuing the manufacturers to integrate the mechanical and electronic components with software solutions. the increased adoption of Industrial IoT (IIoT) in the production process is aiding the market demand for software applications, and IIoT adoption is expected to skyrocket over the forecast period. For instance, according to GSMA Intelligence, the number of IIoT connected objects is expected to reach 13.7 billion by 2025.

The biggest trend observed in recent years in relation to medical contrast media across the health care is doing more with less or maximizing the utility of the existing technology. The companies, such as Bayer Healthcare, Bracco, and GE Healthcare, have established well upon improved contrast media, particularly for CT and MRI. In the recent years, there have been several issues identified about the deposition of gadolinium in the brain and the body causing many side effects, such as formation of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in the kidneys. However, these controversies have led to the research of new mode of contrast media use from contrast media injectors. One of the major concerns among radiologists is still the perceived risk of radiation from medical imaging, with evidence of many patients avoiding indication related imaging to avoid radiation. In many cancer types, it is realized that the use of high-dose radiation was the cause behind it. However, there are some associations, such as American Association of Physicists in Medicine, which stated that there is no evidence that radiation <100 mGy causes increased cancer incidence or mortality.