When you're researching new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning products, or HVAC products, for your home, it can often feel like you're wading through a whirlpool of acronyms and initialisms. BTU, SEER, EER, AFUE. What does it all mean? You might wonder about the benefits of choosing an Energy Star® product or how Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) is used to rank the efficiency of air filters.