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Heat Pump Sales Slow, but Are Picking up Speed

Rollout seems slow but it’s just the beginning of heat pump momentum

March 2, 2024

While the installation of heat pumps may seem to be slowing due to inflation and rising interest rates, coupled with a confusing rollout of federal funding, they are expected to pick up speed this year.

Midea Opens New York Showroom and Distribution Center

Kyle Gargaro

February 26, 2024

The goal of the Midea showroom is to offer a unique opportunity for both HVAC professionals and consumers to get hands-on experience with the latest in heat-pump technology.

IRA Rebate Programs Pick Up Steam

An HVAC Minute Video Update: February 26, 2024

Hannah Belloli-Oster

February 26, 2024

Rebate programs associated with the Inflation Reduction Act for the purchase of high-efficiency HVAC equipment are finally picking up steam, after a near year and a half since the IRA was signed into law.

Cruz Leads Senate Effort to Shut Down Furnace Rule

Kyle Gargaro

February 5, 2024

The rule will effectively ban the sale of non-condensing gas furnaces and, according to the American Gas Association (AGA), will affect 55% of U.S. households.

4 Manufacturers Join Field-Testing Phase of Heat Pump Challenge

January 10, 2024

Heat pumps from Bosch, Daikin, Midea, and Johnson Controls are moving to the next phase of the challenge, which involves installing and monitoring prototypes in cold-climate locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Trade Groups File Challenge to DOE Furnace Rule

December 19, 2023

The final rule from the U.S. Department of Energy, issued recently, requires newly manufactured indoor residential gas furnaces to be at least 95% efficient starting in December 2028, meaning furnaces made after then will have to be condensing models.

$169 Million in Grants to Boost Heat Pump Manufacturing

The ACHR NEWS Editorial Staff

November 17, 2023

The selected projects, which have not been finalized, would be the first awards coming out of DOE’s use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase domestic production of five clean energy technologies, including electric heat pumps.

New Efficiency Rule Issued by DOE

An HVAC Minute Video Update: October 16, 2023

Hannah Belloli-Oster

October 16, 2023

The latest rule will require every mobile home gas furnace — and every new residential, non-weatherized gas furnace — to have a minimum annual fuel utilization efficiency (or AFUE) of 95% starting in late 2028.

A.O. Smith University Heat Pump Water Heater Course

Proposed Water Heater Standards Draw Criticism, Praise

New standards would replace electric resistance water heaters with heat pump technology

Joanna R. Turpin

October 6, 2023

The Department of Energy recently proposed new higher energy efficiency standards for residential water heaters. Industry is split over whether the new standards will help or hurt consumers.

DOE Issues 95% AFUE Rule For New Gas Furnaces

October 5, 2023

Manufacturers will have five years, from the date the rule is published in the Federal Register, to ensure that new gas furnaces comply with the new minimum.