PHOENIX, AZ — Goettl Air Conditioning, Inc., a small a/c manufacturer based here, has joined Goodman Manufacturing Co. of Houston, TX, one of the industry’s largest manufacturers, in supporting a 13-SEER standard for central air conditioners and heat pumps as opposed to the Bush administration’s proposed 12-SEER standard.
Karl Rove, senior advisor to President Bush, had cited a potential adverse impact on small manufacturers as a major reason for reducing the Clinton administration’s proposal for a new SEER standard of 13 to a SEER of 12. In letters to Rove and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, Daniel H. Burke, president of Goettl, expressed his company’s support for the higher standard.