SEER-2?? What Happened to SEER-1??
Channel: Fox Family Heating and Air Conditioning
Date: 24/07/2022

The Department of Energy has just announced SEER-2 for 2023.  For those of you who don't know, the SEER rating system is used to measure the efficiency of air conditioners. Well, the Department of Energy has just announced a change to that system, and starting on January 1st, 2023, it's going to have a huge impact on the price of your basic entry-level HVAC system. The Department of Energy has mandated that, starting in 2023, air conditioners will switch from SEER to SEER-2 as the standard of efficiency. SEER2 is a new standard that will require all air conditioners to be about 7% more energy efficient than the current SEER rating. SEER vs. SEER2. This announcement has left many people wondering what this means for them and their air conditioning units. Stay tuned for more information as I break it down for you.

It’s understandable that the DOE wants to bring the standard of testing to meet “real world” situations and the upgraded technology of the equipment being used in today’s systems. After all, doing this increases overall efficiency again by another 7% by switching to M1 testing. 

Which is why distributors with today’s 14 SEER systems will not even be able to sell those units after January 1st, 2023.  Heat pumps have a little different rule as far as what can be used and for how long, but they will have to meet 15 SEER2 after they all sell off.  It’s just that 14 SEER air conditioners will dwindle away probably by September or October because distributors can’t just send back the old units. They have to time their inventory just perfectly so that they DON’T have any 14 SEER units left by January 1, 2023.

From what I can see, In the southwest and southeast, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, and 3.5 ton split systems will be required to have a 15 SEER2 minimum. Northern states that are 13 now, will be 14 SEER2.
While southern 4- and 5-ton unit minimums will be 14.5 SEER2 – Northern units will still require 14 SEER2.

All heat pump efficiencies will be required to meet 15 SEER2 after January 1, 2023. So, what you’re going to see is 2022’s, M standard 16 SEER systems and technology become the new minimum standard since they’ll be rated 15.2 under the new M1 style of testing. That means the new minimum tier system is going to become even more expensive, than the current 14 SEER’s which increased about 25% since the beginning of COVID in 2020.

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00:00 introduction
00:27 What's being ammended for SEER2 Testing?
00:48 What M1 testing means.
1:54 When did SEER rating start?
2:36 How will SEER2 affect everyone?
4:07 Let me know your thoughts!