Samsung’s Eco-Friendly Efforts Paying Off
April 10, 2021
The Paris Agreement, which envisions a global temperature rise limited to 2 degrees Celsius – preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius – was adopted last December. Globally, countries have come to the conclusion that changes need to be made towards low carbon models due to an increase in extreme weather events such as abnormal temperatures and droughts.
In June 2018, Samsung committed to utilizing only renewable electricity at all its U.S., Chinese, and European headquarters by 2020. As a result of the company’s efforts, 90% of the energy used in these sites was renewable; and in 2020 the company achieved its goal of using 100% renewable energy at these sites.
Solar and geothermal facilities are available at Samsung’s various worksites in Korea for the production of renewable energy. Installations of geothermal power generation facilities have been installed at the company’s campuses in Suwon, Giheung and Pyeongtaek across parking lots, buildings, rooftops, and new construction sites.
Samsung’s 2021 Neo QLED will be offered with a revolutionary solar cell remote control with chargeable batteries powered by either outdoor or indoor lighting or USB. With this innovation, 99 million AA batteries will be saved over the course of seven years of use.
Samsung is also striving to lower the emission of greenhouse gases from TV products by applying recycled plastics. Samsung is expanding its use of recycled materials into new product components across their visual display product portfolio.
Even Samsung dishwashers have higher efficiency ratings. Energy Star’s 2021 Best Energy Efficient Dishwashers list comprises the DW80R9950UG and DW80R7060UG models achieving the criteria of annual water consumption less than 3.2 gallons and annual energy consumption of less than 240 kWh respectively.
Receiving praise and recognition for environmental efficiency
Samsung digital inverter compressors use around 30% less energy than single-speed induction motor compressors, helping to also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They are also 30% more energy efficient than single-speed induction motor compressors.
