central HVAC - MEPS

In 1987 Congress declared The National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA) that minimum efficiency standards for 12 appliances were to be set, including central air conditioning systems, heat pumps and furnaces, and scheduled these minimum efficiency standards to go in effect between 1990-1993 depending on residency type and equipment type.

 

The minimum efficiency ratings declared in 1987 and entering into force in 1992 or 1993 were as following:

Residential Central Air Conditioners (Split Systems)- 10 SEER - effective on 1/1/1992

Residential Heat Pumps (Split Systems) - 10 SEER / 6.8 HSPF - effective on 1/1/1992

Residential Central Air Conditioners (Packaged Systems) - 9.7 SEER - effective on 1/1/1993

Residential Heat Pumps (Packaged Systems) - 9.7 SEER / 6.6 HSPF - effective on 1/1/1993

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