Panasonic has unveiled an innovative new energy efficient approach to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) that uses significantly less energy than conventional technologies at CES 2025.
OASYS is a holistic home comfort solution created for modern, high-performance homes. As home building design has advanced with new materials and construction techniques, the standard approaches to conditioning and treating indoor air left room for innovation.
OASYS combines a suite of Panasonic technologies into a complete, proprietary solution to take a leap forward for one of the home's most important systems.
Offering cleaner, fresher air; balanced humidity; and consistent temperature control across the house, this new approach to HVAC supports the comfort and wellbeing of families in their home environment with greater energy efficiency and cost saving advantages compared to traditional systems.
Naoki Kamo, president of Panasonic Eco Systems of North America, said OASYS is more than an HVAC system.
“It's a holistic air quality management solution to support your family's comfort and peace-of-mind by delivering cleaner air and consistent temperatures throughout the whole house," he said.
"Our homes are where our families flourish, and OASYS builds on Panasonic's rich, 100-year history of inventing technologies to support the wellbeing and sustainability of people and society."
Improving ventilation with outdoor air is one of the fundamental strategies to lowering concentrations of indoor air pollutants – but most home heating and cooling systems do not mechanically bring fresh air into the house.
OASYS starts with ventilation: the system takes in fresh outdoor air, filters it, and tempers it to the homeowner's temperature setting. It then circulates air constantly throughout the entire house for approximately four air changes per hour while continuously monitoring the air for comfort.
The result is a more comfortable, cleaner indoor environment for the family, designed with their wellness in mind.
OASYS can reduce energy consumption for heating and air conditioning by up to 53 per cent compared to traditional HVAC systems, making it an ideal solution for those looking to reduce their home's energy usage and lower monthly energy bills.
The improved efficiency offered by OASYS makes it easier and more affordable to leverage renewable energy to power the home, such as residential solar and battery storage.
Decreasing the energy needs of a home's most demanding system means that smaller and more cost-efficient solar systems can be used to power the home, expanding solar power as an option for more houses. And when powered by solar panels and battery storage, homes are better able to withstand power outages, making them more resilient to weather disturbances caused by climate impacts.
OASYS is currently only available in the US.
The central air conditioning system consists of a Mini Split AC, ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilator), and transfer fans using DC motor-driven ventilation fans.
Since the release of the Whisper series of ceiling-mounted ventilation fans in 1993, the HVAC Company has developed its US market business with a focus on ventilation fans.
This series boasts the second-largest market share in the US and has established a strong position as a series of products and brand greatly characterised by its energy efficiency low-noise performance, and high quality, the company said.
The company launched the local production of ventilation fans in Mexico in 2016, followed by the production of ERV in 2023 to address ventilation needs that have been growing due to increased housing airtightness, and energy-saving needs to reduce the load on air conditioners.
In the US, gas heating and electric air conditioning systems are commonly used. However, to realise a decarbonised society, the need to transition from gas to electric heaters and more energy-efficient air conditioners is growing, along with the expectation to use high-efficiency heat pumps equipped with both cooling and heating functions, or inverter air conditioners.
The 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 minimising the difference between the temperatures of air distributed from the respective vents and the room temperature.
Furthermore, by also circulating air throughout attic and underfloor spaces, it decreases the risks of condensation and mould growth, and reduces the deterioration of wooden houses common in the US.
On 22 January, 2025, the company will open the OASYS concept home in Houston, Texas. It will be used to exhibit the OASYS system concept and offer firsthand experience to B2B customers such as builders.