Word: airing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...heat-wave sales promised to snap the nation's air-conditioning industry out of a three-year slump that had been caused by successive summers of exceptionally clement temperatures. The industry's last good year was the scorcher of '73, when perspiring consumers bought a grand total of 5.3 million room-size air-conditioning units and 2.8 million central cooling systems. Then sales plunged, reaching a low of 4.2 million conditioners of all types in 1975. The manufacturers, led by five big firms-Carrier, Trane, Fedders, Lennox and General Electric-have also seen their air-conditioner sales...
...Air-conditioner makers needed a few bad-or, rather, good-weeks to reduce the swollen inventories they built up during the three cool years. Since air conditioners, unlike autos and some appliances, do not undergo frequent model changes, many of the makers are simply taking old machines (a few of them made as long ago as 1969) and shipping them to dealers in new cartons...
...good year will provide at least a bit of breathing space for the manufacturers, who soon will be hit by costly new federal energy-saving regulations. A Federal Energy Administration study shows that air conditioners account for 7% of the electricity used in the U.S. The FEA estimates that air conditioning uses up the equivalent of 1 million bbl. per day of oil, or 2.5% of the U.S.'s daily energy consumption. More than 70% of all new homes built in the U.S. now have central air conditioning, and 53% of all older homes have at least one room...
...result, the 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act empowered federal regulatory agencies to set targets for higher efficiency from home appliances. On July 15 the FEA announced voluntary efficiency goals for the industry: by 1980, new central air conditioners should be 25% more efficient than present models, while room air conditioners should be 30% more efficient...
Efficiency Ratings. Without waiting for Washington, California has set standards so tough that fully 80% of the air conditioners now sold there would be outlawed by 1979. In New York City, manufacturers already are required to furnish EYCO information -standing for Estimated Yearly Cost of Operation-to prospective buyers; there, the average small 5,000-B.T.U. machine, costing $200 to $225, has an EYCO of about...