Go ahead. Bring on 13 SEER. Dan Troyer is just one of the many contractors who welcome the new national minimum efficiency standard for residential central air conditioners and heat pumps.
"We have always sold up," explained the owner of Danco, East Peoria, Ill. "And there is absolutely no way that a 19 SEER has a payback when compared to a 10 SEER, so it is sold on comfort features. This will not change. It has just raised the floor, limiting the number of options, and maybe pricing some of the lower income people out of the market."