If you’ve been thinking about upgrading to a new air conditioner, 2025 is your year. Changes to refrigerants mean that new systems being installed are more energy efficient than ever. Plus, they have an even lower impact on the environment so you can reduce your carbon footprint.
You can keep reading to learn everything you need to know about why upgrading your air conditioner in 2025 is a fantastic idea. Then give our team a call when you’re ready to schedule your in-home assessment to pick out your new system.
Improved Efficiency
Refrigerants that are being used in systems for 2025 and beyond offer boosted efficiency. These refrigerants will be more effective at absorbing heat from inside your home and transferring it outside for cooling, and then vice versa for heating if you have a heat pump.
Better overall efficiency also means a higher energy efficiency rating for these systems. Investing in a high-efficiency air conditioner or heat pump will help you to save even more compared to investing in a baseline model. While a higher efficiency rating costs more upfront for installation, these units also save you significantly more over the life of the system.
Even if you only save around $10 per month on energy costs, the savings add up quickly. When you consider that you maintain energy efficiency better overall, you’re also saving over having to spend more and more on energy costs as time goes on.
Improved Safety
New refrigerants are also safer to use. Keep in mind that refrigerant is perfectly safe as long as it confined within the airtight coils of your air conditioner or heat pump. Risks occur when the lines are damaged and refrigerant begins to leak out.
This doesn’t mean that a new system uses refrigerants that are safe for you to handle. Working with refrigerants should still be left up to our team of experts. However, you will face fewer risks, generally speaking, compared to older refrigerants that are in current household systems.
Lower Environmental Impact
If you are cognizant of your impact on the environment, you’ll be happy to know that upgrading to a new system in 2025 will lessen your carbon footprint. The entire reasoning behind making refrigerant adjustments is that these more modern refrigerant options are better for the environment. The US Department of Energy has set a goal of reducing overall environmental impact by 85% leading up to the year 2036.
Aside from the refrigerant changes this year, there will be additional steps forward in the years to come as we get closer and closer to this goal. The idea is that we can make incremental changes a little at a time to reduce our impact on the environment as HVAC industry technology progresses.
Contact Saddleback Plumbing Heating & Air for fast, professional AC or heat pump installation in Orange County, CA. We have served Orange County since 1981.