Samsung is a pioneer in reducing the carbon footprint; The first official confirmation in the phase of using the devices

Carbon Trust Assurance has issued the first official carbon footprint reduction certification for some Samsung washing machines.

Samsung Electronics announced the official approval of the Carbon Trust Assurance Institute for the effectiveness of AI Energy’s capability in reducing carbon emissions; A feature that has been used in some selected models of washing machines of this company and has been able to significantly reduce the amount of carbon emissions during the use of the devices.

This approval is based on a new standard called “Carbon reduction during the use phase of connected devices” (DUCD); A benchmark that is dedicated to evaluating a product or feature for the first time, and its importance lies in proving the measurable role of Samsung’s AI Energy Mode in reducing greenhouse gas emissions during consumer use, which has been verified by an independent, third-party entity.

Jung Seongmun, the executive vice president and manager of the research and development team of Samsung’s digital home appliances department, referring to the company’s environmental approach, stated that Samsung has always combined the design of its products and services with environmental considerations, and considered the AI ​​Energy capability as a clear example of this policy; According to him, with the official confirmation of the effectiveness of this feature, Samsung plans to pursue the improvement of its products, features and services more seriously at the stage of actual use by consumers.

Samsung’s continuous efforts to reduce carbon footprint

Samsung had previously focused on developing objective indicators to measure and manage the amount of carbon emissions in home appliances, and in this context, it joined the DUCD initiative as a member of the secretariat in September 2022 to play an active role in the development of this standard.

The DUCD initiative is implemented under the leadership of the Carbon Trust, an international advisory body active in the field of climate change; An institution that seeks to advance effective measures in climate protection in cooperation with companies, governments and financial institutions, and its goal is to standardize the methods of measuring energy consumption and the amount of savings obtained from connected devices, as well as creating global frameworks for calculating the reduction of carbon emissions in devices connected to Wi-Fi.

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The initiative published its global profile in November 2024; A document that defines integrated criteria for measuring and methods of reducing carbon emissions in connected devices and offers a different approach from the common methods based on the production phase by focusing on measuring emission reductions in the phase of actual use by the consumer.

Confirmation of carbon emission reduction through AI Energy mode

Based on these guidelines, Carbon Trust’s independent assurance and validation unit called Carbon Trust Assurance Ltd conducted a global test evaluation on a set of Samsung washing machines, during which the effectiveness of AI Energy’s ability to reduce carbon emissions was measured and confirmed by comparing the amount of carbon produced in the period of July 2024 to June 2025 when this ability is active and when it is not used.

In this time period, the total energy consumption of some selected Samsung low-consumption washing machines when using the SmartThings platform reached 12.28 GWh, which is estimated to be equivalent to the release of 5266 tons of carbon dioxide; Statistics that show that of this amount, 5.02 gigawatt hours of energy saving and the reduction of 2084 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) were directly the result of AI Energy being active.

Taking into account the average daily electricity consumption of a household in the United States, which is estimated to be around 29.54 kWh, the amount of energy savings caused by AI Energy will be equivalent to the approximate daily electricity consumption of about 169 thousand households. Samsung has also announced that it will be present at CES 2026 and will showcase its innovative energy-saving solutions and new products in this event.