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Industry Reacts to Gas Furnace Mandate

An HVAC Minute Video Update: November 13, 2023

November 13, 2023

This winter, HVAC contractors might be dealing with a wetter winter than years past, coupled with more snowfall than maybe most people would like.

Mandating High-Efficiency Furnaces Will Limit Consumer Choice, Critics in HVAC Industry Say

Furnace Rule ‘Doesn’t Pencil Out’

Matt Jachman

October 30, 2023

Residential gas furnaces must all have a minimum AFUE of 95% beginning in five years. Some in the HVAC industry say the new Department of Energy rule will ultimately hurt homeowners.

Judge Overturns Berkeley Gas Infrastructure Ban

Judges: Federal law pre-empts city’s prohibition of natural gas connections in new construction

Matt Jachman

April 25, 2023

The decision is a win for the California Restaurant Association, which challenged the ban that took effect in 2020. The city has not decided whether to appeal.

Department of Energy May Bump Up Furnace Standards

ACCA, AHRI weigh in on plan that would phase out noncondensing models

Matt Jachman

November 18, 2022

Two major HVAC industry organizations have weighed in on a DOE proposal that would phase out noncondensing gas furnaces for consumer use beginning in about six years.

California Bans Natural Gas Furnaces

Kyle Gargaro

September 27, 2022

The California Air Resources Board unanimously voted to approve a proposal that would eliminate the sale of gas-powered furnaces and water heating appliances by 2030.

Biden to Manufacturers: Build More Heat Pumps

American-made heat pumps to fight Russia’s war revenue, aid green energy and energy security

Maria Taylor

June 27, 2022

American heat pump manufacturing got a boost earlier this month through a White House order aimed at phasing down reliance on foreign energy due to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Department of Energy Gives Noncondensing Furnaces Reason to Sweat

The ‘feature’ interpretation that gave gas equipment a reprieve from efficiency regulations may be on the way out

Robert Beverly

September 11, 2021

Is the noncondensing furnace and water heater market nearing extinction? The end may not be near, but it is also less remote.

Reviewing the Effects of New Fan Efficiency Rating Requirements

Furnace requirement means higher baseline prices and efficiencies, plus a limited-time opportunity

Robert Beverly

December 2, 2019

A few months on the other side of the summer’s FER implementation, we check-in with aftermarket motor veterans and a furnace manufacturer.

DOE Amends Proposed Residential Furnace Standards

September 5, 2016

In this SNOPR, DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for residential non-weatherized gas furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces. The notice also requests comment on the SNOPR’s proposed standards and associated analyses and results, and it proposes clarifications to the certification and reporting requirements.

Why You Should Keep an Eye on the DOE

Government rarely moves quickly, but things are really getting out of hand

Jen Anesi

July 4, 2016

Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a long-awaited new rule governing enforcement of the residential central and single-package air conditioner energy conservation standards that took effect Jan. 1, 2015. Most notably, the enforcement rule includes new mandatory recordkeeping requirements.