At CEDIA Expo this week, Airzone is announcing new certified drivers for popular whole home automation platforms, ensuring compatibility between systems from Crestron, Control4, ELAN, Lutron and Savant and Airzone’s smart control solution for HVAC inverter systems.
Airzone’s solution allows integrators to fully incorporate inverter HVAC control into home automation. Airzone’s Aidoo Pro is a simple-to-install system add-on that acts as the bridge between proprietary HVAC inverter and mini-split manufacturers’ protocols and home automation systems.
Inverter HVAC units operate continuously, varying their output to maintain a constant temperature, as opposed to turning off once it reaches the target temperature and turning back on again when the temperature rises or falls outside a preset range. Compared to single-speed HVAC systems, inverter systems have been found to be more energy efficient, more compact, feature quieter operation, and provide superior comfort due to their ability to control an environment’s temperature more precisely.
Demand for these new solutions is growing, with the HVAC inverter solutions market expected to almost double from 2020 to 2025 from $17.6bn to $31.9bn. Alongside this, the residential market is also growing and is estimated to reach $22.7bn by the end of 2022.
However, integrating a home automation platform to and inverter system prevents key inverter features from working, significantly reducing the energy efficiency of the unit. Because HVAS inverter system protocols and home automation platform APIs are incompatible, HVAC inverter systems downgrade to single-speed operation when paired together and thus benefits such as efficiency, energy savings and superior climate control performance are lost.
As a solution to this, the Airzone Aidoo Pro bridges the HVAC system and IoT control devices, such as a home automation platform, third-party smart thermostats, and voice assistants. Airzone’s exclusive library of manufacturer-certified HVAC protocols enables full two-way communication between the Aidoo Pro, the HVAC solution, and the home automation platforms. The Aidoo Pro receives temperature control data via API, interprets it, and then sends the appropriate commands to the inverter unit via manufacturer-certified protocol. The inverter continues to function at a variable rate, preserving the superior comfort and efficiency of the system.
Airzone has spent decades cultivating privileged working relationships with HVAC inverter and mini-split manufacturers. The Aidoo Pro has manufacturer-certified HVAC protocols from brands, including Daikin, Fujitsu, Hitachi, LG, Mitsubishi, and Panasonic. Further advancing the library of certified protocols, Airzone has announced availability of drivers developed for Crestron, Control4, ELAN, Lutron, and Savant to bridge the gap between the HVAC world and the world of IoT and home control.
“No other system in the home consumes more energy, or is more central to resident’s comfort than HVAC, yet it remains an underrated category among professional integrators, often seen as too messy or complex to successfully integrate,” said Antonio Mediato, founder and CEO of Airzone. “With our certified HVAC and home automation protocols, Aidoo Pro offers system integrators a unique, lucrative, and untapped opportunity to add a new level of connectivity into their solutions portfolio. Through Airzone, seamless HVAC integration is now possible, and hassle-free.”
The Airzone Aidoo Pro solutions is now available in North America and is being shown this week on the Airzone booth #21027 at CEDIA Expo 2022.