What is the typical service life of HVAC equipment?
Quality systems typically have a lifetime of 10 to 20 years. As your equipment gets older, its efficiency can dramatically decrease. You may notice that it gets noisier and needs servicing more often. When a unit begins to show its age, you can overhaul the system or replace it. Since heating and cooling technologies improve over time, a new system designed with newer, more energy-efficient equipment makes sense, especially if the system has been operating for 10 years or longer. ACME can estimate the cost of a new system as well as a payback schedule that will show you how newer technology will pay you back in lower energy usage.
