WASHINGTON, DC — The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) has filed comments questioning the merits of a Department of Energy (DOE) proposal for new minimum efficiency standards for central air conditioners and heat pumps “when the vast majority of the U.S. consumers would not benefit from imposition of such standards.”
Comments recently filed by ARI with the DOE stated, “According to the Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis, 73% of consumers would not benefit from a 12 Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) for split central air conditioners. For split heat pumps, 61% of consumers would not benefit from a 13 SEER.”