Inverter air conditioner new national standard will be issued

Wen Yanjiang, head of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioning Guangzhou, said that they learned that the new national standard will be formally implemented in August and September this year. Lin Kun said this is not inconsistent because the government will give a six-month transition period from the introduction of the policy to formal implementation. .

Air-conditioning manufacturers respond positively It is understood that the new standards for energy efficiency of inverter air conditioners have changed in terms of energy efficiency levels, limit values, and evaluation indicators. The revised limit value of the energy efficiency of the inverter air conditioner will be increased from the current 3.0 to 3.9, and the market access threshold will also be upgraded from 5 to 3; as the limited value of energy efficiency has been improved, the current level 1 and 2 air conditioning will be automatically upgraded. Downgrading one level to 2 and 3 levels, respectively, and adding a new level of energy efficiency. At the same time, APF's annual energy consumption efficiency evaluation indicators have been introduced for the heating and cooling air-conditioners, and more emphasis has been placed on heating performance.

"Compared with the current national standard, the new national standard has indeed been greatly enhanced by three levels," Lin Kun told reporters. However, because the company has already prepared, especially the technical level can fully meet the requirements, it does not pose a challenge. According to reports, the new national standard is based on the more stringent EU standards in the national standard market, and the EU market has just recently updated and upgraded new standards.

When it comes to corporate response, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said that more than 70% of Mitsubishi air conditioners are Class 1, 2 energy efficiency products, and it is not difficult to implement the new national standard. Feng Gangsheng, head of Fujitsu Air Conditioning, said in an interview with reporters that they are now in production according to the new standard. Wu Ke, head of the Oaks air-conditioning unit, also said that he could achieve "one night's electricity once" with high efficiency.

Ren Wei, the newly deputy general manager of the Suning Guangzhou Regional Management Center, said that currently the market is fully engaged in the switch between “new and old products”, and many manufacturers have already stopped production of energy efficiency products below Grade 3. With the upcoming implementation of the new national standard, the energy-efficient air-conditioning that Suning is selling will now account for more than 70% of the total, and it will be further promoted to over 80% of energy-efficient products that can enjoy energy-saving subsidies.

Energy saving subsidy policy or upgrade Ren Wei said that the new national standard will also affect the upgrade of the subsidy threshold for energy-saving subsidies. It is reported that this round of air-conditioning energy-saving subsidies will expire at the end of May this year, although the new policy has not yet been announced, he believes that the energy-saving policy will certainly be extended.

In this regard, home appliance industry observer Hong Shibin also agreed that the energy-saving benefits of the people policy is a big push for the air-conditioning industry. The national standard for energy efficiency of inverter air conditioners has been upgraded, and the subsidy policy will certainly adjust accordingly. In particular, the improvement of the energy efficiency threshold directly leads to the increase of production costs, and the price of inverter air conditioners is at a relatively high level. With the higher and higher requirements for energy efficiency, the average price of air conditioners is bound to “rise in height”, and it is The subsidy amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars each is a great benefit to consumers.

During the year, inverter air conditioners will account for 80% of the market's experts to remind that choosing air conditioners should not improvise, otherwise they are prone to trouble. “The living room in the home needs to be replaced with new air conditioners, and a 1.5P inverter air conditioner is purchased. The after-sales staff of the factory can tell that the number of horses is not enough to affect cooling and installation is not allowed. , advised me to change the number of fixed-frequency air-conditioning units with Taiwan." Consumers Ning, such a complaint a few days ago, and the question of the choice of inverter air conditioner. Information Times reporters learned that with the increasing popularity of inverter air conditioners, disputes caused by improper purchase of air conditioners have also occurred from time to time.

Do not choose air-conditioning to "make do with"

“Sales staff can choose 1.5P frequency conversion below 20 square meters, and my family's living room area is 25 square meters, thinking about a few square meters worse, 1.5 should not be a problem, but the result was a joke.” Mr. Shi told reporters that after the factory's door-to-door installation, a quantity of air-conditioners would say that the number of air-conditioned horses is not enough. At that time, air-conditioning will be in continuous high-speed operation, with higher energy consumption, and energy-saving air-conditioning will become less energy-efficient. And recommend to buy a 2P inverter air conditioner, or to change 1.5P fixed frequency air conditioning. "Why can't you just leave it a few square feet?" Ning expressed puzzled.

Huang Shenghai, head of the Guangzhou Songxia chain's after-sales service department, said that choosing the right number of air conditioners based on the space area is the first thing to pay attention to when purchasing air conditioners. For variable frequency air conditioners, the compressor is suitable for long-term operation. When the temperature is adjusted, when a large amount of cold and heat is not needed, the air conditioner operates at a low frequency. If the indoor space is large, the compressor is always in a high-speed operation, and the energy-saving effect cannot be achieved. The fixed-frequency air-conditioning is in the human case for cold and warm switch adjustment, if the cooling and heating requirements are not high, 1.5P fixed frequency can also be, of course, energy consumption is not low.

Air conditioning season began to start, many consumers choose the frequency conversion in the choice of air conditioning, but because space and air conditioning P number does not match well, resulting in many consumers complain to the manufacturers after the use of air conditioning and refrigeration, heating effect is not good, amazing power consumption Wait. Manufacturers are also quite a headache and frustration.

Gree air-conditioning, an installation master told reporters that many consumers think that the horse will be able to use, buy a small air-conditioning large room, the installation process, but also do not listen to the manufacturer's recommendations, the results of poor air conditioning and repeated complaints, resulting in a lot of misunderstanding occur.

Looking forward to the popularization of inverter air conditioner prices, according to the manufacturer's recommendation, Mr. Ning prepares to pick a 2P inverter air conditioner, but the price is also really surprising. Reporters also noticed in the store, the current market price of 1P inverter hang air conditioner is about 3200 yuan, 1.5P price is about 5,000 yuan, while the price of 2P inverter hang up air conditioner has exceeded 7,000 yuan, and even tens of thousands. For the high price of large number of air conditioners, many consumers said they could not accept it.

“Before 2P and above, we mainly focused on cabinet machines. Now, with the economic benefits of housing areas, and also for the sake of beauty, there are a lot of 2P on-hook. However, the requirements for product technology are also higher. It is equivalent to compressing the technology of the cabinet machine all the way. In a small hang-up, the cost is naturally high,” Fu Wenping, head of the marketing department of Gree Guangzhou, told reporters.

Manufacturers spare no effort to promote industrial upgrading, and for consumers, the price is the absolute reason, for the popularization of inverter air conditioner, can have a good price to get more consumer recognition.

This reporter learned that in the cold year of 2013, all major upstream manufacturers have withdrawn from the fixed-frequency clearinghouse and transferred to research and development of frequency conversion and energy-saving technologies. For example, cold catalysts, DC inverters, non-fluorinated inverters, cloud air conditioners, and intelligent new technologies are all applied. In frequency conversion and energy saving products. The reporter learned from the market that the major brands are currently undergoing industrial upgrading and increasing the proportion of inverter air conditioner products. With the start of the air-conditioning season, various hypermarkets and manufacturers will gradually release promotional policies. The first to reduce the price is the inverter air conditioner. "This year is the outbreak of inverter air conditioner, inverter air conditioner prices will become more and more popular." Such a person in charge of appliance stores.

Inverter air conditioners will account for 80% of the company's share this year. "Gree will deploy all of the inverter market this year. The rapid development of domestic Daikin air conditioners in the past two years has sold all of the inverters." A chain of store sales revealed to reporters.

From the sales data of each store, the upgrading of air-conditioning products has also intensified, and consumers' recognition of frequency conversion products has greatly improved. The industry expects that in 2013, the frequency conversion energy-saving air-conditioning products will account for 80% of the market.

According to the monitoring data of Yikang, as of the end of 2012, the share of inverter air conditioners in the urban market exceeded 44%, gradually tying up fixed-frequency air conditioners. GOME, on the other hand, stated that its inverter air conditioner sales volume has exceeded 51%, and for the first time it has exceeded the fixed-frequency air conditioner market.

Gome pointed out that based on the government’s “high energy efficiency and energy-saving benefits” policy support, inverter air conditioners will further narrow the price gap with fixed-frequency air conditioners and consolidate market advantages. In 2013, the retail volume of inverter air conditioners is expected to reach 20.95 million units, accounting for 59% of the total market.

Suning's "White Paper on China's Air Conditioning Industry 2013" recently released by Suning pointed out that in 2012 energy-saving products accounted for 60% of the total, while Suning's sales of energy-saving products accounted for over 70%. With the continued advancement of subsidies, the reduction in costs brought about by the advantages of scale production will increase the proportion of energy-efficient air conditioners by about 10%. It is expected that the proportion of energy-saving air-conditioning products will reach 80% in 2013.