Samsung Electronics Begins Demonstration of High-Efficiency Heat Pump 'EHS All-in-One'... Accelerating Electric Heating and Cooling Transition in Apartments

Verification of Gas Boiler Replacement in Real Apartment Settings

Integrated Solution for Air Cooling, Floor Heating, and Hot Water Supply

On July 27, Samsung Electronics announced that it has officially begun demonstration tests of its high-efficiency heat pump heating and cooling system, 'EHS All-in-One,' for use in apartment buildings and other multi-family residences.

At the Residential Performance Research Institute in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Samsung Electronics has replicated an actual apartment environment and installed the 'EHS All-in-One.' By doing so, the company plans to comprehensively evaluate heating performance and energy savings compared to traditional gas boilers, along with cooling, hot water supply, electricity consumption, and noise levels. The collected data will be used as foundational information for the future adoption of heat pumps in multi-family residential buildings.

A Samsung Electronics employee inspects the high-efficiency heat pump 'EHS All-in-One' installed at the Housing Performance Research Institute. Samsung Electronics

The 'EHS All-in-One' being demonstrated is currently supplied to the European market and is characterized by its capability to provide both direct air cooling (A2A) and water-based floor heating and hot water production (A2W) with a single outdoor unit. This improves upon previous residential heat pumps in Korea, which only supported heating and hot water, requiring the separate installation of air conditioners.

The system is also equipped with a heat recovery technology that reuses exhaust heat produced during cooling to generate hot water, enabling utilization of more than twice the thermal energy compared to conventional systems. In addition, it uses eco-friendly R32 refrigerant, which has a global warming potential (GWP) approximately 68% lower than the previously used R410A refrigerant.

Sungtaek Lim, Executive Vice President of the Digital Appliances (DA) division at Samsung Electronics, stated, "This demonstration project is not only about verifying product performance but also about confirming whether the heat pump can practically replace gas boilers in real-world multi-family residential environments." He added, "Based on the data collected through these demonstration tests, we plan to continue expanding the development and adoption of heat pump technology to enable electric-based heating and cooling in residential buildings and achieve carbon neutrality in the building sector."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.