LG Electronics said on the 2nd that it will participate in North America's largest HVAC trade show, AHR EXPO 2026 (The International Air-Conditioning Heating Refrigerating Exposition 2026), to showcase its customized heating and cooling product, the unitary system.
LG Electronics prepared a 447-square-meter (about 135-pyeong) exhibition booth for the event, which runs from the 2nd to the 4th (local time) in Las Vegas. The booth consists of ▲residential zone ▲commercial zone ▲industrial zone. The company said, "We will introduce unitary systems tailored to the North American market and the rapidly rising artificial intelligence (AI) data center cooling solutions," adding, "We will accelerate our push into the North American HVAC market with HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) solutions that deliver differentiated customer value from residential to industrial."
The unitary system is the most commonly used residential heating and cooling system in North America, where detached houses are common and ceilings are high. It consists of standardized outdoor units and indoor air-conditioning devices. Through piping installed in the building, it supplies warm or cool air throughout the home. At this event, LG Electronics will unveil its lineup of "unitary inverter heat pump" outdoor units. By applying a refrigerant leak detection sensor, it enhances safety, and with easy installation and maintenance, it can be applied to various residential types.
LG Electronics is also introducing an "inverter heat pump water heater." It earned Energy Star certification for hot water supply and heating efficiency. The "tankless gas water heater" can supply hot water without separate storage. With a dual stainless steel heat exchanger, it offers high energy efficiency and heat retention.
At this exhibition, LG Electronics will also showcase various industrial HVAC solutions, including a "liquid cooling solution" (CDU, coolant distribution unit). With this, it aims to target the AI data center market, which has been actively expanding recently, particularly in North America.
The CDU from LG Electronics directly attaches a metal cold plate to chips such as central processing units (CPU) and graphics processing units (GPU) in servers, where heat generation is high, and circulates coolant to the cold plate to dissipate heat. Compared with traditional air cooling, it requires less installation space and offers higher energy efficiency, which the company said enables stable use in AI data centers that feature higher server rack density and generate more heat than conventional data centers.
At this exhibition, LG Electronics will also unveil for the first time a "rooftop unit," a commercial HVAC solution manufactured locally at its HVAC production facility in Huntsville, United States. The rooftop unit maintains consistent heating performance down to minus 5 degrees without an auxiliary backup heater, and can be easily integrated with building automation systems.
The company is also introducing LG Multi V i, a commercial system air conditioner VRF (Variable Refrigerant Flow) product. It is suitable for commercial buildings and large facilities where precise temperature control and integrated management are crucial. It uses R32, an eco-friendly refrigerant with a global warming potential (GWP) at about 30% of the existing R410A. The "modular high-efficiency inverter scroll chiller (ISC)," a commercial HVAC solution that combines high-efficiency refrigeration technology with precise control, can be connected in parallel with up to six units (540 RT) to reduce initial investment and operating costs. Following last year, LG Electronics has again prepared a separate parts solution booth to highlight its core component technology, CoreTech.
Lee Jae-sung, president and head of the ES Business Division at LG Electronics, said, "We will further speed up our push into the global HVAC market, including North America, by expanding advanced HVAC solutions across residential, commercial and industrial segments, based on CoreTech, including differentiated unitary systems and AI data center cooling solutions."