Panasonic Opens Doors to Its OASYS Concept Home
HOUSTON, Texas — Panasonic announced the opening of its first-ever North American concept home in Houston, Texas. This high-performance, new construction house serves as a showcase for building industry professionals to explore Panasonic’s offerings in indoor air quality (IAQ), solar power and energy storage, and Panasonic’s newest residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) solution-- OASYS. Builders, architects, and construction industry professionals are now empowered with a new whole home air quality management solution from Panasonic to meet today’s consumer performance demands and tomorrow’s sustainability needs.
Houston 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.
Panasonic’s new whole home air quality management system is designed to offer cleaner, fresher air, balanced humidity and consistent temperature control across the house with greater efficiency and cost-saving advantages. 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.
“The Panasonic OASYS concept home represents our dedication to creating solutions that will enrich the lives of families and help address global environmental challenges,” said Naoki Kamo, President of Panasonic Eco Systems of North America. “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.”
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.
OASYS offers advantages for builders and architects looking to grow their businesses and differentiate new high-performance builds — a more comfortable indoor environment and energy efficient approach to HVAC. Real estate professionals and trends in home listings confirm that consumers value comfort and energy efficiency when it comes to buying or selling a home. Now, a more comfortable and energy efficient home is within reach with solutions from one trusted brand, Panasonic.
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