Wisdom starts a new chapter and builds the future At the beginning of 2026, the National Working Conference on Housing and Urban-Rural Construction clearly listed “orderly promotion of the construction of ‘good houses’” as an annual key task, and green buildings and intelligent upgrades have become the core orientation of industry development. As the core carrier of the building envelope system, the intelligent system doors, windows and curtain wall industry are ushering in unprecedented structural changes. The triple force of policy drive, technology iteration and market demand has promoted the industry's transition from "product competition" to "system solution competition" and the evolution from single functional components to building smart ecological nodes. This article will provide an in-depth analysis of the four far-reaching changes in the industry in early 2026, and gain insight into the future development of building envelope systems. 1. Strong policy constraints make green energy conservation a hard threshold In 2026, the mandatory power of green building-related standards will be fully released, setting an insurmountable green bottom line for the intelligent system doors, windows and curtain wall industry. The national standard "Green Building Evaluation Standards" (2024 Edition), which will be implemented on October 1, 2024, clearly requires that all new buildings from 2025 onwards will meet basic green standards, star-rated green residences will become an encouraged direction, and green buildings will officially change from "optional" to "rigidly required". This policy orientation directly promotes a significant increase in the energy-saving performance standards of doors, windows and curtain walls. The new version of the "General Specifications for Building Energy Saving and Renewable Energy Utilization" requires that the thermal performance standards of curtain walls be increased by 20%. Forced by policies, the industry has seen two significant changes: First, the Labeling and transparency of performance parameters . Core performance parameters such as thermal insulation (K value), sound insulation (Rw value), and air tightness (AP) of doors and windows have become the core basis for consumer decision-making just like the energy efficiency labels of home appliances. Leading companies have launched "zero carbon series" products with a heat transfer coefficient (Uw value) of the whole window stabilized below 0.8 W/(m²·K) to meet the needs of passive buildings; secondly, In-depth intervention of green financial mechanism , high-performance energy-saving doors, windows and curtain wall projects can enjoy policy preferences such as green credit and green bonds, and the "green premium" market mechanism has gradually formed to promote the industry to get rid of the traditional path dependence on high energy consumption and high emissions. At the same time, the existing building energy-saving renovation market is accelerating, and the renovation market capacity in the curtain wall field alone will exceed 80 billion yuan, bringing new incremental space to the industry. 2. AI Internet of Things, moving towards active intelligence In 2026, the "intelligence" of intelligent system doors, windows and curtain walls has bid farewell to the simple remote control stage and entered the era of active intelligent ecology with AI algorithms as the core. The fourth-generation smart door and window system accelerates iteration. By integrating environment sensing modules, edge computing and 5G communication technology, it realizes full-link autonomous operation from "perception-decision-execution" and becomes the "smart skin" of the building. At the level of technology implementation, two major innovation directions are particularly prominent: First, Popularization of AI environment housekeeping system . The doors and windows have built-in multispectral sensors and millimeter-wave radars, which can monitor seven environmental indicators such as indoor and outdoor PM2.5, CO₂ concentration, temperature and humidity, and noise in real time. The algorithm automatically adjusts the opening and closing angles and links the fresh air system to achieve a dynamic balance of health and energy saving. Some high-end products also integrate active noise reduction (ANC) technology to accurately neutralize low-frequency traffic noise; secondly, Security protection automation . The in-depth application of millimeter-wave radar technology allows doors and windows to accurately identify abnormal loitering in front of the window. Through low-light warning and linkage alarm with the householder's App, passive protection is upgraded to active early warning, and the false trigger rate is reduced to an industry low of 0.8%. It is worth noting that the full implementation of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development’s “Smart Residential Construction Guidelines” promotes the deep integration of smart doors and windows with building automation systems and whole-house smart platforms. It is expected that by 2030, the smart door and window configuration rate of new residential buildings will be mandatory to reach 100%. 3. Digital reshaping, whole-chain efficiency revolution Digital technology is profoundly reconstructing the production and service logic of the intelligent system doors, windows and curtain wall industry. The integrated application of BIM forward design, modular prefabrication and digital twin technology is promoting the transformation of the industry from "traditional construction" to "digital intelligent manufacturing", and the efficiency of the entire industry chain has achieved a qualitative leap. In the front-end design process, the application rate of BIM technology continues to increase. It is expected that the proportion of BIM applications in high-end projects in East China will reach 78% in 2026 , through parametric design, it can accurately adapt to the needs of complex scenes such as special-shaped curved curtain walls, and the design error rate is reduced by more than 90%. On the manufacturing side, the intelligent closed-loop manufacturing of the entire industry chain has become the core competitiveness of leading companies. The entire process from high-precision aluminum extrusion, glass deep processing to complete spraying is fully self-controlled and coordinated with QR code traceability throughout the production process to ensure delivery accuracy and consistency. At the same time, the flexible production line shortens the delivery cycle of non-standard customized products to 60% of the industry average. In the construction and operation and maintenance aspects, modular installation technology shortens the construction cycle by 30%, and the application of digital twin technology enables visual operation and maintenance of the entire life cycle of the curtain wall. By monitoring structural deformation and energy consumption data in real time, faults can be predicted in advance and maintenance plans can be formulated, reducing the whole life cycle cost by 19%. 4. Restructure the landscape and shift to full-chain services In 2026, the competition in the intelligent system doors, windows and curtain wall industry has upgraded from a single product performance competition to a " Products Services Full Lifecycle Solutions "Competition of comprehensive strength, industry concentration has accelerated, and the brand landscape has been reshaped. On the one hand, leading companies are accelerating their transformation into full-industry chain service providers, forming integrated service capabilities of "design-production-construction-operation and maintenance" through vertical integration, and occupying a dominant position in high-end fields such as large-scale landmark projects, hospitals, and schools. The industry's CR10 concentration is expected to increase from 28% in 2025 to 35% in 2030. On the other hand, there is an obvious trend of specialization in the segmented tracks, and differentiated competition among enterprises is intensifying: some focus on the passive building field and become the core supplier of PHI certification projects; some are deeply involved in the field of high-end art doors and windows, creating spatial artworks through cross-border cooperation with architectural masters; some are positioning themselves as "national performance windows" and realizing universal benefits of high-performance products through large-scale intelligent manufacturing. At the same time, service delivery has become the industry standard. The integrated service system of "measurement, installation, and maintenance" has replaced pure product sales. The standardization of installation processes and the worker certification system have become new competition barriers for brands. Use the power of change to build a high-quality architectural future At the beginning of 2026, the intelligent system doors, windows and curtain wall industry is at the intersection of triple changes driven by policy, technological innovation and market upgrading. Greening is the foundation for development, intelligence is the core driving force, digitalization is the support for efficiency, and service-oriented is the value orientation. , the four major changes jointly pushed the industry to bid farewell to the old path of "mass construction and mass consumption" and enter a new era of high-quality development. For industry participants, only by closely following policy guidance, deeply cultivating technological innovation, and embracing digital transformation can they take the lead in the reconstructed market landscape. For consumers and the construction industry, this change will bring more energy-saving, smarter, and safer building spaces, inject core momentum into the construction of “good houses”, and ultimately achieve a win-win situation between residential quality and green development.