The Biden administration is proposing new efficiency rules on residential air conditioners and pool heaters in a bid to cut energy demand and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Department of Energy announced Wednesday it is taking comments on two rule proposals that would require more cooling per unit of energy from room air conditioning units and more efficient heating from gas-fired and electric pool heaters. They are the first new appliance efficiency standards to be proposed during the Biden administration.
The department estimates that, if finalized as is, the air conditioner rule would save consumers up to $275 over the life of the product, while electric pool heater users would save more than $1,000 over the life of the product. The rules also include estimated conversion costs to the industries asked to comply with the standards: $22.8 million for the air conditioning manufacturers and approximately $38.8 million for the consumer pool heater industry.
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