March 13, 2025
Renewable energy, air quality, and heating & cooling technology, and smart home gizmos are all starting to converge. For example, look no further than Panasonic, which opened a complete concept home in Houston, Texas, to showcase all of these connected offerings.
This new construction house serves as a showcase for building industry professionals to check out Panasonic’s offerings in indoor air quality (IAQ), solar power and energy storage, and their newest residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) solution — OASYS.
“We’re excited to launch our newest look into the future—a concept home where families can flourish, builders can expand their high-performance offerings, and our environment can benefit from new, more sustainable technology,” said Naoki Kamo, President of Panasonic Eco Systems of North America.
Panasonic OASYS
Considered the first of its kind in the US, this central air conditioning system consists of a Mini Split AC, ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilator), and transfer fans using DC motor-driven ventilation fans. It can reduce energy consumption for heating and air conditioning over 50% compared to conventional systems, creating a healthy and comfortable space with its ability to circulate large volumes of air while maintaining small temperature differences, air purification technology, and whisper-quiet operation.
OASYS can reduce energy consumption for space heating and air conditioning by up to 53% compared to traditional HVAC systems. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average price of electricity to residential customers has increased more than 21 percent since 2020. A more energy- efficient whole home air quality management system, like OASYS, can help protect homeowners from the impacts of rising energy costs.
This system evenly distributes large volumes of cool and warm conditioned air through ducts using several transfer fans, maintaining constant temperature and humidity throughout the house, regardless of the room’s upper and lower spaces, by minimizing the difference between the temperatures of air distributed from the respective vents and the room temperature. This eventually creates a comfortable and healthy living space like never before, while maintaining superior energy efficiency.
Furthermore, by also circulating air throughout attic and underfloor spaces, it decreases the risks of condensation and mold growth, and reduces the deterioration of wooden houses common in the US. The system, consists of our latest and most advanced products, is highly maintainable because users only have to replace a part of the system but not all the system in case something go wrong.
Panasonic concept home
The OASYS concept home exhibits a comprehensive approach to creating a cleaner, high-performance home environment while also demonstrating a leap forward in Panasonic’s vision to make zero and zero-energy-ready homes more affordable and accessible. The four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom home will also be inhabited by a family, serving as a live testing center for Panasonic home and building technologies. Together, they will partner to evaluate new technologies in a real-life residential setting while generating insights for developing future home technology solutions.
Houston, TX, was chosen as the ideal location to showcase this whole home air quality management solution in a residential setting. A city like Houston, ranked among the country’s hottest and most humid urban centers, puts particularly high demands on HVAC systems to cool and condition the air inside a home. Traditional HVAC systems often struggle with hot spots while typically accounting for more than half of a home’s energy demand through their energy consumption in space heating and air conditioning.
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