Items Tagged with 'American Gas Association'

The theme of this year's Building Safety Month, “Built to Last,” highlights how modern building codes, safety professionals, and resilient construction practices protect homes and communities around the world.

Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International, the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors–National Association, and the Natural Gas Association of Georgia argue that the efficiency standards would undermine statutory protections of consumer choice and access to affordable, reliable heating options.

AGA president hopes tax incentives can focus on end result of making homes and buildings more energy efficient, as opposed to prescribing electrification as the solution.  

The American Gas Association, along with other trade organizations and a manufacturer, are challenging the U.S. Department of Energy rule that would ban the sale of noncondensing natural-gas furnaces beginning in December of 2028.

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.