When the US government came out with its $1500.00 tax credit for utra-high efficiency heating-cooling equiment last March, most manufacturers treated those units as relatively exotic, and charged a premium for them. For instance, the furnace efficiency standard used to be 90-92%. 95%-efficient furnaces were available, but they were very pricey. Not many people bought them because the additional cost was not justified to save 2-5%.
But since the government rebates appeared, everyone now wants a 95% efficient furnace, and the manufacturers have responded by making that efficiency level their main line of equipment. What that has done is lower the price of the 95% efficient furnaces dramatically. Mass-production = lower cost, right? That has always been true, and it still is. So today the residential HVAC consumer has the best of both worlds: Ultra-high efficiency equipment that is priced very reasonably, plus they get a $1500.00 incentive from uncle Sam. That is an amazing situation that everyone should take advantage of right away, because this deal is too good to last!
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