LG Electronics Advances Global Heat Pump Innovation Through Consortium Research
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United States/Norway/China/Saudi Arabia/South Korea: LG Electronics is accelerating the development of high-performance heat pumps through its Global Heat Pump Consortium, focusing on efficiency, reliability, and climate-specific performance across cold-humid to extreme heat regions. Since establishing the Consortium for Advanced Heat Pump Research (CAHR) in Alaska in 2023 with the University of Alaska Anchorage and University of Alaska Fairbanks, LG has expanded collaborations to 12 universities across five countries, yielding improved low-temperature heating performance and efficiency, and leading to its residential cold-climate heat pump winning the 2025 AHR Innovation Award in Sustainable Solutions.
The European Consortium for Advanced Heat Pump Research (ECAHR), founded in June 2024, demonstrated 60 to 80 percent reductions in energy use and carbon emissions for LG’s R32 Air-to-Air Heat Pump in Norway. Extensive field testing is ongoing across seven global locations including the US, China, Norway, and Saudi Arabia, with regional partnerships in Saudi Arabia and South Korea supporting tropical-climate research. These initiatives are driving next-generation heat pump technologies optimized for diverse climates and real-world performance.
Source: LG