In my column in the May issue I pointed out our industry is in the process of setting higher minimum cooling efficiency standards for the year 2024. And in typical fashion — in my opinion — our American HVAC industry leaders are trying to keep everything about the same.
Meanwhile, most offshore manufacturers already are shipping systems here with minimum cooling efficiencies that are at least two points higher than our current legal minimums. We can expect their minimums to keep growing right up to and beyond 2024 when they will leave our domestic manufacturers in their wake (more jobs going offshore). So the position American manufacturers are taking is not only foolish, it is customer-service suicide and it’s time to speak up!