Derek ColeGM, Simmons One Hour Heating & Air · AI HVAC Answers

Understanding SEER, HSPF, and AFUE Ratings Explained

20 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Derek Cole. This content was uploaded by Derek Cole. This is a YouTube video titled "Understanding SEER, HSPF, and AFUE Ratings Explained" (created 2025-02-20) containing an explanatory segment by a single speaker (labeled SPEAKER A) about HVAC efficiency ratings. The speaker defines SEER for air conditioning, HSPF for electric heating, and AFUE for gas heating, and notes that typical minimum SEER is around 14 while higher SEER values indicate greater efficiency.

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So the government gives equipment a SEER rating. When you talk about the air conditioning side, when you talk about the heating side, if you're talking about electricity, you give it a HSPF rating. When you talk about gas, on the heating side, you get an afue, which is the efficiency of the fuel. So you have about three different things you can look at here. So around here, the minimum is 14 seer. So the higher the sear number, the more efficient it is. You get a 14 seer, 15, 16, 17, 18.