Samsung Electronics announced on the 14th that, through the ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) Energy Saving Mode’ feature of SmartThings, it empirically verified that the energy use of high-efficiency washing machines decreased by about 30%.

Lifestyle image of Samsung Electronics high-efficiency washing machine.

Samsung Electronics, together with the global carbon verification organization ‘Carbon Trust’, directly measured the energy usage of about 187,000 Samsung high-efficiency washing machines in real-world use across 126 countries over one year from July last year to June this year.

As a result, it confirmed that about 5.02GWh of energy, equivalent to about 30% of total energy consumption, was reduced through ‘AI Energy Saving Mode’. This equals the electricity used by 14,000 households in Seoul during one month in the summer.

‘AI Energy Saving Mode’ is a function that manages and reduces the energy consumption of home appliances connected to SmartThings.

In particular, this verification, the first in the industry, directly measured carbon-reduction effects on products in actual use under the carbon emission and savings measurement standards of the ‘Decarbonization of Use Phase for Connected Devices (DUCD)’ consortium.

DUCD is a consortium led by Carbon Trust that aims to standardize methods for measuring the energy use and savings of connected devices. Several global IT companies, including Samsung Electronics, are participating.

Samsung Electronics plans to accurately measure and manage carbon emissions and reductions generated during the use of home appliances, and to plan and develop products with higher energy efficiency.