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Energy Tax Credit for Efficient Furnaces
There is a federal tax credit ($150) for installing new high efficiency
furnaces between Jan 2006 and Dec 2007. The catch is that the furnace needs to be 95% AFUE. That seems a tad high (Energy Star qualification is 90%) and removes a lot of condensing furnaces from the credit, including all of American-Standard/Trane condensing gas furnaces. List of eligible furnaces: http://tinyurl.com/7wjmn It's a short list since a lot of the condensing furnaces are 92 to 94.5 AFUE. Perhaps the companies will increase their AFUE rating by enough to get them to 95 for next year's models? There is also a tax credit for "electrically efficient furnaces" This credit is $50 and is for furnaces whose fan uses no more than 2% of the total energy use per year, regardless of AFUE. A list of eligible electrically efficient furnaces is he http://tinyurl.com/cbltu |
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Energy Tax Credit for Efficient Furnaces
Thanks John! I'm going to replacing my furnace anyway, so I'm glad you
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Energy Tax Credit for Efficient Furnaces
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:48:17 -0500, John R wrote:
There is a federal tax credit ($150) for installing new high efficiency furnaces between Jan 2006 and Dec 2007. The catch is that the furnace needs to be 95% AFUE. That seems a tad high (Energy Star qualification is 90%) and removes a lot of condensing furnaces from the credit, including all of American-Standard/Trane condensing gas furnaces. List of eligible furnaces: http://tinyurl.com/7wjmn It's a short list since a lot of the condensing furnaces are 92 to 94.5 AFUE. Perhaps the companies will increase their AFUE rating by enough to get them to 95 for next year's models? There is also a tax credit for "electrically efficient furnaces" This credit is $50 and is for furnaces whose fan uses no more than 2% of the total energy use per year, regardless of AFUE. A list of eligible electrically efficient furnaces is he http://tinyurl.com/cbltu Good luck! I just went through this. I replaced a packaged heat pump complete. The most efficient unit available in the category (16 SEER, 8.2 HSPH) does not qualify for the credit. After half dozen emails corresponding with the Department of Energy, whereby they kept insisting there were units available, they finally admitted I was right and there were not units that met their self imposed standard. But if it wasn't a heat pump, only an air conditioning unit, 14 SEER would qualify. Go figure. Frank |
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"Frank Boettcher" wrote in message ... On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:48:17 -0500, John R wrote: There is a federal tax credit ($150) for installing new high efficiency furnaces between Jan 2006 and Dec 2007. The catch is that the furnace needs to be 95% AFUE. That seems a tad high (Energy Star qualification is 90%) and removes a lot of condensing furnaces from the credit, including all of American-Standard/Trane condensing gas furnaces. List of eligible furnaces: http://tinyurl.com/7wjmn It's a short list since a lot of the condensing furnaces are 92 to 94.5 AFUE. Perhaps the companies will increase their AFUE rating by enough to get them to 95 for next year's models? There is also a tax credit for "electrically efficient furnaces" This credit is $50 and is for furnaces whose fan uses no more than 2% of the total energy use per year, regardless of AFUE. A list of eligible electrically efficient furnaces is he http://tinyurl.com/cbltu Good luck! I just went through this. I replaced a packaged heat pump complete. The most efficient unit available in the category (16 SEER, 8.2 HSPH) does not qualify for the credit. After half dozen emails corresponding with the Department of Energy, whereby they kept insisting there were units available, they finally admitted I was right and there were not units that met their self imposed standard. But if it wasn't a heat pump, only an air conditioning unit, 14 SEER would qualify. Go figure. Frank As long as the EER is 12 or better. |
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Energy Tax Credit for Efficient Furnaces
It is truely a dumb new standard inacted by idiot burocretons. The best
names in the furnace business cant qualify by a half a percentage point. Carrier has one 38000 btu unit that can, Lennox none @ 94, Armstrong @ 94.5. Trane none, etc etc etc. If they only made the standard 93%, you would cover every most company. |
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Energy Tax Credit for Efficient Furnaces
Trane/AS is coming out with a 3 stage furnace in a month or 2, I believe
that one will qualify -- Bob Pietrangelo www.comfort-solution.biz On Time or Your Service Call is FREE Preventive Maintenance Specialist "John R" wrote in message ... There is a federal tax credit ($150) for installing new high efficiency furnaces between Jan 2006 and Dec 2007. The catch is that the furnace needs to be 95% AFUE. That seems a tad high (Energy Star qualification is 90%) and removes a lot of condensing furnaces from the credit, including all of American-Standard/Trane condensing gas furnaces. List of eligible furnaces: http://tinyurl.com/7wjmn It's a short list since a lot of the condensing furnaces are 92 to 94.5 AFUE. Perhaps the companies will increase their AFUE rating by enough to get them to 95 for next year's models? There is also a tax credit for "electrically efficient furnaces" This credit is $50 and is for furnaces whose fan uses no more than 2% of the total energy use per year, regardless of AFUE. A list of eligible electrically efficient furnaces is he http://tinyurl.com/cbltu |
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