Chinese IoT firm Tuya Smart presented energy-saving options covering home energy management, lighting, smart HVAC and smart mobility at this week’s Hong Kong Electronics Fair.

Tuya has created a home energy management system, providing one-stop IoT energy options for the consumer and utilities markets. Relying on Tuya’s PaaS 2.0 and its hardware ecosystem, it can provide households, energy installers, operators and brands with tools for energy collection and management, energy-saving optimisation, load scheduling, construction, operation and maintenance management, and integrate solar power, energy storage, charging and usage.

For example, when the household load uses more electricity than it generates, load scheduling can reduce electricity expenses. When the power grid is unstable, or there is a sudden blackout, energy storage and discharge strategies can be set up during the off-grid period to meet the end-consumers’ energy usage needs.

Tuya has added a function to its home energy management system that integrates energy-saving algorithms, smart equipment and scenarios. This helps end-users add energy-saving scenarios that relate to their equipment with one click through an app.

Tuya also showed its small and medium-sized business (SMB) lighting for the high-end market. This features core devices such as central control screens, SMB gateways and voice speakers, along with peripheral products such as switches, drivers, high-end speakers, curtain motors and mood lights to assist developers in creating immersive lighting experiences centred around spaces and people.

For example, Tuya introduced the Zigbee gateway version of its HDMI home screen synchroniser, which can serve as a Zigbee gateway to control and manage sub-devices and synchronise them with the lighting and audio at home. This means indoor lighting will change colours according to the content of movies or games on the screen, creating a more immersive atmosphere.

Through this, SMBs can also create a green, healthy, energy-efficient lighting environment. For example, in apartment and residential scenarios, based on the human-centric lighting algorithm, it can simulate the lighting from sunrise to sunset by adjusting parameters such as brightness and colour temperature. Achieving lighting transitions during the day to align with the human biological clock and circadian rhythm brings a better living experience.

In parking lots, when a car approaches or leaves, the radar sensing technology in the Tuya SMB option can enable lights to turn on or switch to dimmer conditions automatically. It also supports customer-defined lighting ranges, automatically illuminating the lighting fixtures according to the car’s route, thus improving the energy efficiency of lighting devices in all directions.

The SMB option has been implemented in various scenes such as resident houses, villas, museums, art centres, galleries, B&Bs and hotels. On average, it can help save 63% energy in offices and approximately 82% in warehouses.

At the show, Tuya brought a smart HVAC option that has been upgraded and iterated many times. This can be used to build a smart HVAC system and realise the intelligent management of the whole process covering equipment, cloud, platform and mobile, reducing energy consumption and waste.

It covers heat pumps, thermostats, air conditioners, floor heaters, ventilators, water purifiers, commercial motors and other HVAC equipment. Users can create the most suitable hardware options according to their demands. On software, they can use the free public version of the app or customise it to create an app for their brands to achieve flexible management and control.

For example, they can enable end-users to set up thermostats, sensors, air conditioners, ventilation systems and so on through a Tuya-enabled app, to turn off the air conditioner or ventilation system automatically when the indoor temperature or air quality reaches a certain set temperature or index.

Users can also realise more diversified functions through the smart HVAC option, such as device and scenario management, distributor management and multi-dimensional data analysis, which can enhance operational efficiency while providing consumers with a smarter and more comfortable energy-saving experience.

In response to the strong demand for low-carbon travel in Asia-Pacific, Tuya has launched smart travel options from the light smart offering using Bluetooth modules to the full smart product using 4G VCU.

Through the Tuya-enabled Bluetooth modules, 4G VCU and smart travel app, users can quickly and intelligently upgrade their products and app integration control, and implement smart options on e-bikes, electric scooters or electric motorcycles. Users can customise the app’s personalised functions through OEM methods according to their functional needs, including travel history cloud storage, anti-theft, ambient light control, NFC unlocking and carbon reduction statistics, helping achieve a greener, safer and more personalised travel experience.

In addition, Tuya’s commercial charging station supports the OCPP open charging protocol, meaning the platform can provide charging services in China, USA, European Union and other areas of the world, and supports multiple payment methods. This can also help charging station equipment makers build efficient device management networks, through off-peak charging, reservation charging and shared charging, to provide consumers with a secure and easy charging experience.

Users can leverage the continuously iterated energy-saving module in the intelligence business offerings to add an energy-saving halo to various commercial scenarios such as hotels, residential households, communities, commercial lighting and buildings, creating all-around energy savings.

Tuya’s energy management capabilities support customisable energy consumption rules, coupled with Tuya-enabled devices such as occupancy sensors and smart circuit-breakers, enabling efficient energy management in apartments and other public areas. When no one is detected in an area, the system automatically responds to the energy-saving rules by turning off lights or selected appliances. Additionally, property managers can use the app to manage the water, electricity, gas and other energy-consuming devices in the apartments, thereby reducing daily energy consumption.

Tuya (www.tuya.com) also displayed smart home option to help users build green, smart households. The centre control panel, smart speakers and other devices can be linked and control lighting, curtains, air conditioning, sockets and so on. at home, through the touch screen, voice command and app. Homeowners can intelligently adjust the equipment based on different situations.