LG Electronics has increased its heat pump boiler engineers. After unveiling a new heat pump boiler, the company aims to secure market leadership by expanding its pool of specialists.
LG Electronics said on the 26th that it recently conducted a training program at the LG heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) Academy in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, to cultivate professional engineers and enhance installation and maintenance expertise for the new heat pump boiler among domestic HVAC engineers.
The government is pursuing a project to distribute 3.5 million heat pumps by 2035, aiming to cut greenhouse gases by 5.18 million tons (t). In line with this, LG Electronics launched in Korea a heat pump first introduced in Europe and built a Korea-specific installation and maintenance infrastructure.
LG Electronics has been running its heat pump boiler business in Korea since 2011. More than 4,000 people have received LG Electronics' specialized installation training from 2014 to the present. Hi-M Solution Tech, which handles dedicated heat pump service, has also secured more than 1,000 service engineers, establishing a system that can accept service requests 24 hours a day and respond within two days.
LG Electronics is sequentially conducting training to cultivate professional heat pump boiler engineers across the country, including Jeju, where the domestic heat pump distribution project is underway. Through ongoing programs, the company plans to raise engineers' expertise and steadily expand its pool of specialists.
Earlier this month, LG Electronics launched in Korea a new heat pump boiler, the "LG Heat Pump System Boiler." The product can deliver roughly 4–5 times the heat energy per unit of input power, making it possible to expect about 40–60% energy expense savings compared with conventional fossil fuel boilers.
It also applies the refrigerant (R32), whose global warming potential (GWP) is 68% lower than the refrigerant (R410A) commonly used in existing HVAC units. The company will also sequentially promote domestic production of the new product's core components and finished goods to supply the market more stably.
LG Electronics operates heat pump cold-climate laboratories not only in Korea but also in North America (Alaska, United States), Europe (Oslo, Norway), and Asia (Harbin, China). The company is also continuing to develop high-efficiency heating technologies through close cooperation with universities and institutions in each country.
Kwon Min-ho, head of ES Engineering at LG Electronics, said, "In addition to heat pump technology recognized in advanced markets such as Europe, we will provide domestic customers with a different level of high-efficiency heating solution through professional infrastructure competitiveness in customer-facing installation and maintenance."