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HVAC KnowZone Glossary
Glossary As you continue to learn about the upcoming changes in energy efficiency criteria and ratings for HVAC equipment, you may run across words, acronyms or phrases you are unfamiliar with. To help prepare you for 2023 and beyond, we’ve compiled this glossary to familiarize you with some key terms. For a more general list of HVAC terms, visit our product education page at Ruud.com/products/hvac/glossary_of_terms. AC Air conditioner AHRI Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institu…
Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms AFUE Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency. Used to express the efficiency of gas furnaces. The higher the AFUE rating, the more efficient the unit. Federal law has required that all new residential furnaces built after January 1992 operate with an AFUE of 78% or higher. All Ruud® furnaces are manufactured to exceed these requirements with a minimum AFUE of 80%. If your furnace was built before 1992, chances are it is operating with an average efficiency of around 60%. Most of th…
Federal Tax Credit
Federal Tax Credits Important Information regarding the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 can be found here. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, retroactively extended the existing 25C tax credit to January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022) The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is now providing Consumers with a tax credit on high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment. The Ruud® Air Conditioning Division of Rheem Sales Company, Inc. certifies that…
