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Q&A: SmartThings and Loop on the Road to a Sustainable Future

With the rise in excessive climate occasions, growing droughts, inflation, and vitality costs going by way of the roof, individuals are extra involved than ever with their carbon footprint’s impression on the world—and their utility payments.

Head of SmartThings, Mark Benson mentioned it finest: “Sustainability is on the core of every thing we do.” SmartThings is all the time constructing and partnering with revolutionary, user-centric options for a extra sustainable future. This dedication is exemplified by way of SmartThings Energy, a complete vitality administration answer within the SmartThings app, and our latest partnership with Loop International.

Loop is the primary Electrical Car (EV) charging firm throughout the SmartThings community. Now, customers can management Loop’s superior, user-friendly EV chargers conveniently and sustainably.

In our newest X (Twitter) Q&A, we chatted with Loop International to debate our partnership, how their merchandise work with SmartThings, and extra. Browse the highlights under or hold studying for the total dialog.

The Highlights

SmartThings: What makes Loop and your chargers completely different?

Loop: Right here at Loop, we’re constructing the next-generation vitality community. Our aim is to turn out to be a worldwide chief within the electrification of transportation by bringing to market a set of good, easy, and inexpensive electrical car charging options for in every single place drivers go, whether or not at residence, at work, or on the go. 

Loop: For brand new or present SmartThings customers, how do you go about organising Loop chargers within the app?

SmartThings: Getting arrange is easy! Obtain the SmartThings app in your cellphone, click on “Join” and seek for gadgets. You’ll be able to then set up routines, or customise present routines, to get essentially the most out of your good residence.

SmartThings: Sustainability is massively vital to us and our SmartThings Power initiative. We all know it’s simply as vital to you. Inform us extra about your sustainability efforts. How can good charging options contribute to vitality effectivity and sustainability?

Loop: With Samsung and SmartThings integrations, Electrical Car (EV) drivers can arrange optimum charging schedules from their automotive, their workplace, or wherever they’ve service with their cell phone. This lets drivers begin charging when the price of vitality is the bottom, and it helps cut back load on the vitality grid. Not solely does this assist the setting, nevertheless it additionally helps the motive force’s backside line! 

Our full dialog with Loop

SmartThings: We’ve obtained some burning questions for you! First up, what makes Loop and your chargers completely different?

Loop: Thanks for having us. Right here at Loop, we’re constructing the next-generation vitality community. Our aim is to turn out to be a worldwide chief within the electrification of transportation by bringing to market a set of good, easy, and inexpensive electrical car charging options for in every single place drivers go, whether or not at residence, at work, or on the go. 

SmartThings: Thanks for that introduction. Which of your merchandise works with SmartThings?

Loop: Almost all of our Stage 2 charging options are suitable with SmartThings. Our EV-Flex Lite is our hottest at-home choice, however we additionally present our cellular-enabled EV-Flex and our new EV-Flex Plus, that includes 40 amp charging capability.

For brand new or present SmartThings customers, how do you go about organising Loop chargers within the app?

SmartThings: Getting arrange is easy! Obtain the SmartThings app in your cellphone, click on “Join” and seek for gadgets. You’ll be able to then set up routines, or customise present routines, to get essentially the most out of your good residence.

Loop: That’s nice! And can this course of work for all of our merchandise?

SmartThings: Sure! The method to arrange any Loop merchandise is similar. We love making issues simple!

Loop: Straightforward is finest! So, how do Loop merchandise work with different good residence gadgets throughout the SmartThings app?

SmartThings: Our aim is that every thing works collectively seamlessly so you may get essentially the most out of our app and the SmartThings expertise. As soon as you might be linked, you possibly can management all Loop merchandise out of your good gadgets. 

On that notice, is there a restrict to the variety of chargers that may be linked to the SmartThings app?

Loop: Nope! As soon as linked to the app, Loop will discover all residence chargers and mechanically populate them inside SmartThings! 

SmartThings: Sustainability is massively vital to us and our SmartThingsEnergy initiative. We all know it’s simply as vital to you. Inform us extra about your sustainability efforts. How can good charging options contribute to vitality effectivity and sustainability?

Loop: With Samsung and SmartThings integrations, Electrical Car (EV) drivers can arrange optimum charging schedules from their automotive, their workplace, or wherever they’ve service with their cell phone. This lets drivers begin charging when the price of vitality is the bottom, and it helps cut back load on the vitality grid. Not solely does this assist the setting, it additionally helps the motive force’s backside line! 

Switching gears, let’s speak about developments. What are some rising developments within the evolution of good properties?

SmartThings: We see the way forward for good properties and good merchandise evolving with extra highly effective automations that merely simply work and good residence expertise as a method to uplift your on a regular basis residing and significant moments. The subsequent 5-10 years will imply working with companions, like Loop, to streamline and advance the way forward for good residing.

So, the place can SmartThings customers study extra about Loop and your merchandise? 

Loop: Our weblog is the perfect place to study extra about our merchandise and what’s subsequent. Go to https://blog.loopglobal.com/ or ship us a DM with any questions! 

Final query from us! The place can EV drivers study extra about SmartThings and easy methods to combine our chargers? 

SmartThings: Be sure to are following SmartThings on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram or you possibly can study extra about our companions on our web site: partners.smartthings.com.

Big thanks to our companions at Loop International for becoming a member of us immediately! You probably have any questions on how Loop Works With SmartThings, attain out!

Loop: Thanks, SmartThings! 
Go to partners.smartthings.com for extra about Loop International and extra companions, merchandise, and companies.

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