International. LG Electronics announced an innovation in its commercial HVAC systems that marks a breakthrough in its sustainability strategy: the incorporation of new materials and a more efficient production process in its 4-way cassette air conditioners.
The company, in line with its Better Life for All vision, has managed to reduce the carbon footprint to 14.85 kg of CO₂ equivalent per unit, thanks to the replacement of ABS plastic with polypropylene (PP) and a foam injection molding technique that uses nitrogen gas to create microbubbles in the material. This change reduces the amount of plastic per unit by 900 grams.
With this adjustment, LG estimates an annual cut of 270 tons of plastic and the reduction of more than 4,400 tons of CO₂ equivalent, an environmental impact comparable to that of a 30-year-old pine forest with more than 580 soccer fields.
The process began in June on 4-way cassette models and will be expanded to other residential and commercial lines as part of the company's plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, which includes a goal of a 54.6% reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2017 levels.
In addition to innovation in materials, LG advances in energy efficiency with its Core Tech, which integrates dynamically adjustable Inverter motors and solutions such as its air-to-water inverter scroll chiller heat pumps with R32 refrigerant, with a Global Warming Potential (GWP) 30% lower than that of R410A.
