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Navien Starts Shipping New NPF Hydro-furnace

November 16, 2023

The NPF Hydro-furnace, Navien Inc.'s first HVAC product, claims an annual fuel utilization efficiency of 97% and can be outfitted to burn either natural gas or liquid propane.

Tips for Residential Heating Combustion Analysis

To tap into the full power of your combustion analyzer, here are a few tips and best practices to keep in mind

Tony Gonzalez

November 15, 2023

The biggest tip is that combustion analysis should be the first and last thing completed during any heating appliance repair.

Industry Reacts to Gas Furnace Mandate

An HVAC Minute Video Update: November 13, 2023

Hannah Belloli-Oster

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.

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.

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.

Optimizing Home or Business Thermostat Settings

Ron Roth

December 24, 2018

This brief guide provides a brief summary of the issue and specific instructions on how to correct it.

Dec. 8, 2014: New Device Said to Use Magnetism to Save Home Heating Fuel

Fuel Molecules Tend to Form Clusters; Magnets Break Up the Clusters and Fuel Burns More Efficiently

December 8, 2014

Scientist Peter Kulish claims to have made a major breakthrough in home heating efficiency with his new invention, the Super Saver, which he said uses magnetic fields to reduce natural gas, propane, and oil consumption by 20-40 percent while also decreasing emissions.

Nov. 25, 2014: Bacharach Offers Free Heating Efficiency Savings App

Heating Efficiency Savings Calculator App Is Available for iPhone, iPad, and Android Phones and Tablets

November 25, 2014

Bacharach Inc., a manufacturer of HVACR test and measurement instrumentation, has announced the release of a new app that can quickly calculate cost saving comparisons from tuning up an existing furnace or by replacing the furnace with a newer, more efficient model.