Samsung AI Home Expands to Home Energy Management, Linking Solar and Heat Pumps
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Samsung Electronics is expanding the scope of AI Home from individual appliances to whole-home energy management. It presented a setup that connects solar power generation, ESS, high-efficiency heat pumps, and AI appliances through SmartThings. On the 14th, Samsung Electronics introduced a heat pump-based heating and cooling solution at the model home for the 'Samsung AI Modular Home' in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province.
Samsung Electronics is expanding the scope of AI Home from individual appliances to whole-home energy management. It presented a setup that manages the entire process of energy production, storage, and consumption by connecting solar power generation, ESS, high-efficiency heat pumps, and AI appliances through SmartThings.
On the 14th, Samsung Electronics introduced a heat pump-based heating and cooling solution at the model home for the 'Samsung AI Modular Home' in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment Kim Sung-hwan visited the site, and Samsung Electronics introduced its heat pump-based heating and cooling technology and AI energy management solution to him.
The visit was conducted to review the potential use of the AI Modular Home in connection with Korea's Green Transformation (K-GX) policy. In the photo caption, the people identified were Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment Kim Sung-hwan, Samsung Electronics President of CR Division Park Seung-hee, and Samsung Electronics Vice President and Head of the DA Division Kim Cheol-gi.
The Samsung AI Modular Home is a residential model that combines Samsung Electronics' AI appliances and SmartThings-based solutions with modular housing assembled on-site from factory-built modules. The model was designed so that Samsung Electronics' AI appliances and SmartThings solutions are integrated in advance during the modular home production stage.
In the module production stage, the installation and registration of appliances and solutions are completed. As a result, residents can use an AI Home environment immediately after moving in.
The home introduced alongside it connects high-efficiency AI appliances, heat pumps, solar panels, and ESS. Users can monitor and control solar power generation and electricity usage in real time with 'SmartThings Energy'.
Samsung Electronics also introduced the 'EHS All-in-One' heat pump solution, which is scheduled to launch in Korea. 'EHS All-in-One' provides indoor cooling, underfloor heating, and hot water with a single outdoor unit.
The solution applies heat recovery technology that reuses waste heat generated during cooling. This can reduce the space needed for the outdoor unit, and it can be applied not only to detached houses but also to apartment complexes and other multi-family housing.
A heat pump is a system that moves heat from outside and uses it for heating and cooling. This makes it possible to convert home heating and hot water to electricity, and when combined with solar power generation, this electrification can help reduce fossil fuel use.
In June, Samsung Electronics launched the Samsung AI Modular Home in cooperation with Space Factory, a wooden modular housing company. The Samsung AI Modular Home was designed so that users can choose devices that connect with SmartThings, with more than 20 options including air conditioners, heat pump boilers, refrigerators, TVs, lighting, home cams, and door cams.
Samsung Electronics is also applying its energy system to a residential complex in Cornwall, U.K., that comprises 1,500 households. The complex uses a system that combines heat pumps, solar power, and ESS, and through SmartThings Pro, an integrated B2B management solution, it monitors and controls energy usage across the complex, from individual households to public facilities.
This range of applications extends from a single home to a 1,500-household complex. Based on this setup, Samsung Electronics plans to expand its business in Korea by combining heat pumps, high-efficiency appliances, and AI-based energy management solutions.
In Korea, it is designing solutions separately depending on the target application. The plan is to apply SmartThings Energy to individual households and SmartThings Pro to large residential complexes.
Source: IT DAILY · Kim Byeong-ju
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