Samsung Electronics has begun a demonstration of its high-efficiency heat pump heating and cooling system, 'EHS All-in-One,' targeting apartment and multi-family housing environments. The initiative aims to verify the performance and energy-saving effects compared to traditional gas boilers, with the goal of expanding the adoption of heat pumps.
On July 27, Samsung announced the installation of the 'EHS All-in-One' at its residential performance research center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. The company plans to comprehensively verify the heating, cooling, and hot water performance, energy efficiency, user convenience, power consumption, and noise levels in an environment identical to that of an actual apartment.
The demonstration model is a product currently sold in Europe. It provides air cooling (A2A) and floor heating and hot water (A2W) simultaneously with a single outdoor unit. Unlike existing domestic heat pumps that only support floor heating and hot water, requiring a separate air conditioner, this system enhances efficiency by addressing both heating and cooling needs in one solution.
A key feature is the 'heat recovery' technology designed for energy savings. It recycles waste heat generated during cooling in the summer to produce hot water, reducing power consumption. This allows for the utilization of more than double the thermal energy compared to previous models. Additionally, the refrigerant used is R32, which has a global warming potential (GWP) approximately 68% lower than the conventional R410A, enhancing its eco-friendliness.
With the recent push for carbon neutrality in the building sector and the government's transition to electric heating, securing real operational data within multi-family housing has emerged as a key challenge. Samsung plans to use the data from this demonstration as foundational material for the future deployment of heat pumps in multi-family housing.
Lim Sung-taek, Vice President of Samsung Electronics' DA Division, stated, "This demonstration is a project to verify whether heat pumps can practically replace gas boilers in multi-family housing. Based on the data obtained, we will continue to expand technology development and deployment to achieve carbon neutrality."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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