There's good news for homeowners looking to upgrade their heating and cooling systems. A well-known seal of approval has been updated.
After nearly 50 years of certifying the performance of more than 150,000,000 air conditioners, heat pumps, and other heating and cooling components for homes and businesses, the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) Board of Directors has approved the redesign of its product performance certification seal.
The Institute's certification programs provide a solid engineering foundation for rating the efficiency of HVACR equipment, enable product comparison that benefits both manufacturers and consumers, and provide manufacturers with an incentive to improve efficiency in order to gain market share.
"The certification seal assures customers that the products they are buying—those used in homes, businesses, factories, and all structures in between," said William G. Sutton, ARI president.
The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute is a trade association that represents the manufacturers of more than 90% of central air conditioning and commercial refrigeration equipment manufactured in North America.
Since 1959, when ARI published its first product directory, it has managed its industry-directed voluntary programs. The directory had only 19 pages and 600 products with only 26 participants.
It now makes its directories available online at www.ari.org/cert. The current listing includes over 200 participants and more than 150,000 products.
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