ABB and Samsung Electronics will collaborate in a global partnership to provide technologies for energy savings, energy management, and the smart Internet of Things (IoT) connection of both residential and commercial buildings.
The collaboration will enable Samsung and ABB to expand customer access to home automation technologies and better device management, while facilitating electricity load shifting.
By connecting the Samsung SmartThings application and ABB home automation solutions, for example, residents will be able to use their personal devices to monitor and manage a full spectrum of white goods, as well as gas and smoke sensors, energy, security, and comfort systems from a single application.
Mike Mustapha, President at ABB Smart Buildings, said: “We imagine a future where our customers can benefit from significant carbon and energy savings by further improving access to fully integrated and holistic, smart building technology. Partnering with a major technology innovation leader like Samsung Electronics further supports ABB’s vision and offering to connect whole buildings with open and agnostic solutions, and to deliver insights on total energy consumption, including elements such as electric vehicle (EV) charging. This not only minimises the carbon footprint from the built environment but delivers a seamless and engaging user experience.”
Alongside this, the two companies intend to expand collaboration between the Samsung Electronics heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) products and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) room control system and the ABB HVAC control system for commercial buildings and multi-dwelling developments.
Chanwoo Park, Head of IoT Business at Samsung Electronics, said: “The simplicity of just two vendors coming together in this way adds ease to smart buildings projects for construction companies and property developers too. For retrofitting existing buildings, or new sites, with a single source for solutions, they can be assured that products will integrate, and work seamlessly together. It also enhances the after sales experience because there is just one platform for the whole system.”
To find out more about the products and solutions from ABB and Samsung, see ABB-free@home, ABB i-bus KNX, and Samsung Electronics.
