Samsung has signed the European Commission’s Code of Conduct for interoperability and Energy Smart Appliance products, a framework developed by the Joint Research Centre and the Directorate-General for Energy in Europe.

It covers major white goods and HVAC categories. So we’re talking washing machines, dishwashers, combo units, the stuff already sitting in millions of European kitchens.

The goal is blunt: get appliances from competing brands talking to the same energy systems, using the same language, even when the underlying communication protocols differ.

Samsung has already registered qualifying washer, combo, and dishwasher models in the European Product Registry for Energy Labelling as certified Energy Smart Appliances.

Those models support Optimal Scheduling inside SmartThings Energy, which lets appliances shift their cycles to off-peak hours automatically. The SmartThings app handles monitoring and consumption management on top of that.

“Samsung believes connected appliances can play a meaningful role in the energy transition by helping households use energy more intelligently, without adding complexity to everyday life,” said Hyesoon Yang, Executive Vice President for the Digital Appliances (DA) New Biz Team at Samsung Electronics. “By joining this EU initiative, we aim to help make energy-smart functionality more accessible to consumers.”

Samsung says it plans to expand its compliant lineup over time, which is the kind of commitment that sounds modest and probably isn’t.

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