Samsung Electronics at this time introduced that it has had the carbon discount influence of AI Energy Mode1 in its choose washing machines verified by the Carbon Trust Assurance, based mostly on the Decarbonizing the Use-Phase of Connected Devices (DUCD) specification. This marks the primary time {that a} product or characteristic has been validated utilizing the DUCD specification. It is very important because it demonstrates the greenhouse gasoline (GHG) discount impact achieved by means of the AI Energy Mode in the course of the use section, verified by a 3rd celebration.
“At Samsung, we continue to design our products and services with environmental factors in mind,” stated Jeong Seung Moon, Executive Vice President and Head of the R&D Team for Digital Appliances (DA) Business at Samsung Electronics. “AI Energy Mode is a key example of such efforts, and with this verification recognizing its effectiveness, we will strive to further improve our products, features and services during their actual use.”
Samsung’s Longstanding Efforts
Samsung has lengthy labored to ascertain goal and systematic indicators to evaluate and handle carbon emissions generated from residence home equipment. As a part of these efforts, the corporate joined the DUCD initiative as a Secretariat member in September 2022.
The DUCD initiative is led by the Carbon Trust, a world local weather consultancy, which companions with companies, governments and monetary establishments to drive optimistic local weather motion. Through collaboration with different trade leaders, it goals to standardize how power use and financial savings from linked units are measured and contribute to constructing international methodologies for calculating the carbon financial savings of Wi-Fi–linked units.
In November 2024, the initiative revealed a world specification establishing unified measurement standards and discount methodologies for linked units. This method measures the discount in carbon emissions that happen in the course of the client’s precise utilization section, distinguishing it from the measurement or discount of carbon emissions in the course of the manufacturing course of conventionally used.
Verified Carbon Reduction With AI Energy Mode
Using this steering, the Carbon Trust’s impartial assurance arm, the Carbon Trust Assurance Ltd, examined a pilot evaluation on Samsung’s international washer lineup.2 It verified the discount impact of AI Energy Mode by evaluating the quantity of carbon emitted between July 2024 and June 2025 when utilizing the AI Energy Mode with the quantity emitted when not utilizing this mode.
For Samsung’s choose energy-efficient washing machines, the entire power consumption utilizing the SmartThings Platform3 has been verified at 12.28 GWh throughout this time interval,4 leading to 5,266 tCO2e, by Carbon Trust Assurance Ltd based on the DUCD Part 1: Specification and Guidance. The verified whole power financial savings of 5.02 GWh in power consumption, and a pair of,084 tCO2e in GHG emissions financial savings could be attributed to switched-on AI Energy Mode.5
This stage of power financial savings corresponds to the quantity of electrical energy that roughly 169,000 households can use in a single day, provided that a mean U.S. residential electric-utility buyer purchases about 29.54 kWh of power each day.6
Meanwhile, the corporate will take part within the upcoming CES 2026, the place it’s going to showcase each its energy-saving options and progressive new merchandise.
