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Specifically to target the premium market, Sydney home appliance makers have showcased their latest lineup of air conditioners with artificial intelligence capabilities.

Saving energy with advanced inverters, industry leader Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its latest wind-free air conditioning Sydney which gently disperses cold air through micro air holes.

To better control the temperature, humidity, and air quality, the new cooling system features Samsung’s Bixby digital appliances connected through Wi-Fi such as for the wall mounted air conditioners.

Things The Companies Are Focusing On:

A system which shoots cold air when employees are sleepy is what they aim at creating

To detect when workers are nodding off at their desks as it uses artificial intelligence

To develop it hoping it to be ready by 2020 the firms are working with NEC Corp.

They could resemble a pseudo-Big Brother is what the critics’ claims

Lee Jae-hwan, a senior official at Samsung’s consumer electronics division stated during a media event that the new wind-free air conditioners based on the AI technology upgraded the air purification function and presents a cool design.

They will also step up their efforts in developing the air care technologies to help the consumers better withstand the heat waves and fine dust.

To cater to the discerning consumers, the company also said its sleek design will seamlessly blend with the interior design.

The Evolution of AI Technology in HVAC Systems

The manner in which the IoT and AI are radically transforming the operation of the HVAC makes us wonder a lot.

Nothing has even come close in terms of impact in the 135 years of HVAC technology.For entering into the IoT market there are various horizontal and vertical approaches.

Because of the bold projections for the IoT market, the debate about the IoT market strategies will continue.

Hype leads to the myth and myth leads to confusion, unfortunately.In knowing about how the IoT market could evolve we are moving forward and taking a step back to look for clues.

To see how the future of HVAC systems is intertwined with AI and IoT let us dive into a practical example from Smart Home Market.

Innovations of early HVAC

The key focus of the Smart Home Market is the HVAC controls. 41 percent of U.S. homes had a programmable thermostat but less than 1/3 of those homes actually programmed it as recently as 2017.

The first thermostat which was patented was 1883 HVAC controls have existed for a while.

What Has Changed in 135 Years?

Hot air furnaces which are operating in the basement of the building heated classrooms as the story goes.

Based on the periodic assessments of the classroom temperature, school custodians controlled the heat through hand-operated dampers.

To eliminate these classroom disruptions and developed the technology to maintain a constant temperature in the classroom is what the teacher, Warren Johnson sought to.

For almost 135 years, the technology for automated room temperature control has existed. During that span of time, this has much changed in the basic temperature control.

Data from a single temperature sensor controls the actuation of the most units at a home even today.

The Smart Thermostats

At least within the 135-year history of HVAC, the Smart thermostats are a very recent innovation.

What makes a smart thermostat? Is it the programmable schedules and vacation modes? Is it internet connectivity?

Smart thermostats must have more than two-way communication and they must include the algorithms.

Allowing the device to adapt to your schedule is what a recent example is for GLAS by Johnson Controls which includes multiple onboard sensors.

For user comfort controls, GLA even supports voice commands. A third party cloud-based voice assistant can pass control commands such as “Set the thermostat to X degrees” to GLAS interestingly.

Decoupling the hardware HVAC unit signaling from the software algorithms, this third-party control interface represents new thermostat architecture.

An on-site thermostat device can physically transmit a signal that changes the operation of the HVAC unit as it has been known for 135 years and this can exist off-site in a separate cloud environment with this.

AI and IOT Intersection in HVAC

It allows us to visualize the interplay between AI and IoT by the decoupling of the algorithms from the on-site thermostat controls.

A thermostat that exists in a home assumes so. A cloud-based AI analytics engine can implement HVAC algorithms in a third party application layer regardless of the actual thermostat’s capabilities.

IoT Driving For A 3rd Party Application Layer

It would generally require data to run with AI analytics. Where the data would be derived from? Of course, it has to be from IoT.

To collect the data from every room and not just with the thermostat, the IoT sensors can be installed throughout the home.

For processing by the AI analytics engine, the IoT sensors transmit data to the cloud.

It would ultimately optimize and control the HVAC unit as the IoT sensors transmit data to the cloud for processing by the AI algorithms and are delivered to the thermostat.

The decoupling of the sensors from the thermostat control unit would represent a significant change from the automated room temperature control invented 135 years ago as a matter of fact.

For better AI analytics engines, would the existence of IoT sensors lead to the development? Or, to the installation of more IoT sensors would the existence of AI analytics engines lead to this?

On this question, there are many companies who have already placed their bets. The investment community has weighed in as well as a matter of fact. It does reveal the interplay between Ai and IoT as this is not quite a chicken and egg problem.

A domain of subject matter experts is what AI is. These SMEs already have existing algorithms which are spread across countries.

All they need is data. AI may certainly lead the way for IoT in terms of demand for data if this theory prevails.

Vast stores of data would exist if widespread IoT deployments were a reality.

To leverage that data, algorithms could quickly emerge. The existence of IoT data would lead the way for AI under this theory. Either way, it represents the twin forces.

Author Bio: By Aria Akachi: I am a full-time blogger for the reputed firm Geminair who are growing rapidly in their niche and write blogs based on their efficient services which they provide.

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