Air conditioning technologies pioneer - LG Electronics USA is showcasing its robust 2023 lineup of commercial, light commercial, and residential HVAC solutions at the 2023 AHR Expo® in Atlanta.
Throughout the show, the company’s extensive booth (#C6506) will highlight industry-leading Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) technology, the latest energy-efficient heat pump options, indoor air quality solutions, and flexible building automation and connectivity products.
Key Highlight: Inverter Scroll Heat Pump Chiller
One of the key highlights is LG’s Inverter Scroll Heat Pump Chiller.
Bringing innovation to the air-cooled chiller category, the LG Chiller delivers powerful performance without sacrificing quieter operation, flexibility, or energy efficiency.
- LG Inverter Scroll Heat Pump Chiller
LG's Inverter Scroll Heat Pump Chiller is designed for cooling and or heating in both comfort and process applications
LG's Inverter Scroll Heat Pump Chiller raises the standard in the air-cooled chiller equipment category. It is designed for cooling and or heating in both comfort and process applications.
With the impressive, rated energy performance of an IPLV of 19.46, engineers, owners, and contractors can apply the installation of the Chiller in many types of applications and market sectors, providing the mechanical solution for both large and small capacity applications.
Features
The Inverter Scroll Heat Pump Chiller's state-of-the-art innovation is attributed to several key components, including inverter technology for a more precise and efficient response to load demand and lower ambient/high-performance heating with industry-leading capacity performance.
Additionally, its modularity of design allows system engineers to take advantage of configuring a large high-performance chiller, in both two- and four-pipe simultaneous cooling and heating, applications, without sacrificing efficiency, performance, and redundancy.
energy-efficient product innovations
“Heading into 2023, heat pump technology will continue to gain momentum in the overall HVAC market, and VRF technology is well positioned to take advantage of this,” said Steve Scarbrough, Senior Vice President, and General Manager of LG Air Conditioning Technologies USA.
Steve Scarbrough adds, "The electrification trend is moving America away from fossil fuels to cleaner heating and cooling technologies like heat pumps, and LG is proud to lead the way with our extensive line of high-performing, energy-efficient product innovations on display at AHR 2023.”
Highlights at AHR Expo 2023
- LG Multi V™ i
LG's Multi V i is a redesigned, innovative, intelligent, and interactive VRF all-electric cooling and heating system.
The Multi V i includes many enhanced specifications and new features
The Multi V i includes many enhanced specifications and new features, including an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine, Edge computing architecture, real-time weather-based control, and remote software and firmware upgradability.
Features
Multi V i marks LG's next-generation VRF system with a single refrigerant circuit that connects many indoor units to one outdoor unit.
It provides options to maximize energy efficiency while minimizing operational costs for various commercial applications. The Multi V i's capacity capabilities range from 6 to 44 tons in single and dual-frame modular configurations offering engineers and building owners flexibility in performance and design.
- LG Inverter Heat Pump Water Heater
LG’s Inverter Heat Pump Water Heater provides an energy-efficient alternative to electric resistance or gas water heaters.
LG inverter technology heats water with an efficiency of 3.75 uniform energy factory, allowing for energy savings of more than 70 percent compared to a conventional electric heater. The LG Inverter Heat Pump Water Heater packages innovative inverter compressor technology into a sleek, ENERGY STAR® certified water heating solution.
- LG Split Rooftop DOAS with Energy Recovery Wheel
Split Rooftop DOAS is designed to handle 100% outdoor air and features a refrigerant heat recovery section
An advanced outdoor air treatment solution, LG Split Rooftop DOAS (Dedicated Outdoor Air System) is designed to handle 100 percent outdoor air and features a refrigerant heat recovery section and exhaust air secondary heat recovery coil and enables the vertical alignment of DOAS, VRF, and controls with ease.
As a result, LG’s Split Rooftop DOAS allows engineers, facility managers, and building owners to meet the demand for improved indoor air quality by conditioning outdoor air and thereby providing building occupants with a more comfortable environment. In addition, it features a pre-installed Energy Recovery Wheel, which transfers energy to yield cool and reheated air, ultimately reducing the unit’s fossil fuel usage.
- LG Monobloc Heat Pump
LG’s Monobloc Heat Pump systems offer an all-in-one year-round solution for heating and hot water. LG’s new Air-to-Water Heat Pump system is an eco-conscious heating system that uses natural and electric energy to minimize air pollution.
Even at low ambient temperatures down to 5° Fahrenheit, the Monobloc delivers powerful heating at 100 percent capacity. LG’s Monobloc is connected by water piping only, so additional refrigerant piping work is not required.
Energy savings
Setting itself apart from other products on the market, the Monobloc Heat Pump employs LG's exclusive R1 compressor, which boasts world-class performance and saves energy with enhanced efficiency using a hybrid scroll-shaped design and bottom compression scroll structure.
Additionally, the Monobloc Heat Pump provides supply water up to 149° Fahrenheit as hot water and up to 41° Fahrenheit as chilled water.
- LG Air Conditioner Technical Solutions (LATS) Revit
LATS Revit is a VRF layout tool for LG VRF, Multi, and Single split systems that plug directly into Autodesk Revit®
The LG Air Conditioner Technical Solutions (LATS) Revit is a VRF layout tool for LG VRF, Multi, and Single split systems that plug directly into Autodesk Revit® – a 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) program and assists designers by streamlining the system selection process.
With LATS Revit, design engineers can build and visualize systems on actual 3D buildings, efficiently inputting design parameter components, running refrigerant lines, and piping automatically ridding users of having to work back and forth between drawings and the system layout tool, and effectively optimizing productivity.
Design and simulations
For example, when using LATS as a tool, engineers can design multi-floor projects by connecting floors with a pipe, while isometric pipe diagrams can be created with a single click. In addition to design functions, LATS Revit also offers procedures for running simulations and checking for pipe rules based on inputted design parameters.
As a result, it reduces drawing and design time by up to 80 percent. This proprietary, leading-edge software offers engineers, architects, and designers a faster, easier, and more accurate way of aiding in product selection.
- LG MultiSITE™ VM3 Building Management System with 2.0 Driver
The new LG MultiSITE VM3 with 2.0 Driver is a building management solution that offers more control of LG’s VRF and non-VRF building systems.
Powered by the Niagara Framework®, the VM3 features a redesigned HTML5 user interface and an enhanced communications driver for a feature-rich user experience.
Holistic approach
LG MultiSITE VM3 with 2.0 Driver provides building owners, and systems integrators with a total building solution
The LG MultiSITE VM3 with 2.0 Driver provides building owners, developers, and systems integrators with a total building solution.
As LG’s most advanced building management system, this solution offers a holistic approach for building operators to manage LG’s VRF technology in conjunction with many other building systems.
- LG MultiSITE™ CRC2 Remote Controller
The new LG MultiSITE CRC2 Remote Controller makes comfort control and building management a seamless experience with a customizable color touch screen, intuitive, user-friendly interface, and innovative features.
Moreover, the CRC2 touts LG VRF support, BACnet® MSTP, IP capability, Lua scripting support for a customizing sequence of operations, and optional ZigBee® sensor network integration.
- LG Residential Energy Recovery Ventilator
The new LG Residential Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV) is a ventilation device designed to condition outside air more efficiently for improved indoor air quality and comfort without sacrificing energy efficiency.
Featuring a total heat exchanger, the ERV recovers the wasted heat of exhausted indoor air, exchanging it with incoming outdoor air.
- LG High-Temperature Hydro Kit
The new LG High-Temperature Hydro Kit is a higher efficiency, more environmentally friendly indoor heat exchanger for LG VRF systems, capable of using the rejected heat to provide chilled or hot water for domestic and commercial use and raising water temperatures to 176° Fahrenheit.
High-Temperature Hydro Kit is an ideal solution for domestic hot water heating, radiant floor heating, historic radiators
The LG High-Temperature Hydro Kit is a heat exchanger designed to transfer heat generated from the air conditioning process to water for applications where hot or cold water is needed. Boasting a wide leaving water temperature range of 41 to 77° Fahrenheit cooling and 86 to 176° Fahrenheit heating positions, the High-Temperature Hydro Kit is an ideal solution for domestic hot water heating, radiant floor heating, historic radiators, and more.
- LG Energy Storage Systems
LG Energy Storage Systems (ESS) equip home and business owners with more reliable, cleaner energy (when coupled with grid power and/or PV).
LG’s new residential, all-in-one energy storage system, “Home 8,” provides the capability to store energy in advance to offset peak electricity costs and provide emergency backup power.
Plug-and-play ESS solution
Home 8 enables homeowners to offer time-of-use functionalities with 14.4 kWh of useable capacity and 15.8 kWh nameplate capacity to power homes day and night.
Complementing the residential system, LG’s plug-and-play commercial ESS solution works with existing infrastructure to offer efficiencies and support decarbonization efforts.
- LG ThinQ® App
The LG ThinQ App allows remote control of LG HVAC equipment and other LG home appliances.
With Smart Diagnosis™, users can ask system experts questions directly to enhance performance and maintenance
ThinQ features include voice-activated commands when used with Google AssistantTM virtual personal assistant or Amazon Alexa, the ability to authorize remote access for technicians, and schedule comfort conditions on an individual room basis. In addition, with Smart Diagnosis™, users can ask system experts questions directly to enhance proper system performance and maintenance.
AHR 2023
Attendees of the world’s largest industry trade show for HVAC engineers, contractors, distributors, and other trade professionals visiting LG’s booth #C6509 can interact with the latest LG air conditioning technologies and award-winning products and controls.
