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November Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data
Written by Brett Linton
January 18, 2014
The following is a press release from the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) on November 2013 shipments of heating and cooling equipment data:
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for November 2013 decreased 15.5 percent, to 348,542 units, down from 412,416 units shipped in November 2012. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 0.7 percent in November 2013, to 328,873 units, down from 331,237 units shipped in November 2012.
For the year-to-date, U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 7.9 percent, to 3,884,045, compared to 3,598,876 units shipped during the same period in 2012. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 7.4 percent year-to-date, to 3,659,606 units, compared to 3,408,553 units shipped during the same period in 2012.
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 12.6 percent in November 2013, to 5,979 units, down from 6,839 units shipped in November 2012. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments decreased 1.4 percent in November 2013, to 4,728 units, down from 4,797 units shipped in November 2012. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters increased 10.3 percent, to 80,744 units, compared with 73,213 units shipped during the same period in 2012. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 1.3 percent to 63,048 units, up from 62,250 units shipped during the same period in 2012.
U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for November 2013 increased 6.4 percent, to 267,433 units, up from 251,379 units shipped in November 2012. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 11.9 percent, to 4,031 units in November 2013, down from 4,577 units shipped in November 2012. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 15.8 percent, to 2,361,322 units, compared with 2,038,643 units shipped during the same period in 2012. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces decreased 11.0 percent to 28,624, compared with 32,144 units shipped during the same period in 2012.
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 323,185 units in November 2013, up 3.6 percent from 311,819 units shipped in November 2012. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 0.1 percent, to 207,057 units, up from 206,891 units shipped in November 2012. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 10.7 percent, to 116,128 units, up from 104,928 units shipped in November 2012. Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 10.0 percent, to 5,863,559 units, up from 5,330,825 units shipped in November 2012. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 7.5 percent, to 4,014,584 units, up from 3,733,546 units shipped during the same period in 2012. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 15.8 percent, to 1,848,975 units, up from 1,597,279 units shipped during the same period in 2012.
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