As new companies find their niche helping building designers, owners and managers lower energy consumption, the measurement and verification (M&V) industry is rapidly moving toward real-time performance-tracking, according to a new study by Lux Research. The report also analyzes these new players, both the ones focusing on sub-metering hardware and other specializing in data analytics, as they improve building energy management systems (BEMS) and making M&V tools that give a continuous picture of performance.