August Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data

U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for August 2017 increased 7.6 percent, to 379,212 units, up from 352,315 units shipped in August 2016. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 3.9 percent in August 2017, to 368,948 units, up from 355,106 units shipped in August 2016.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 2.7 percent, to 2,921,505, compared to 2,844,860 shipped during that same period in 2016. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 2.8 percent year-to-date, to 2,754,766 units, compared to 2,680,420 shipped during the same period in 2016.

Commercial Storage Water Heaters

Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 16.3 percent in August 2017, to 6,720 units, down from 8,028 units shipped in August 2016. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 16.1 percent in August 2017, to 12,278 units, up from 10,578 units shipped in August 2016.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters decreased 5.6 percent, to 63,450 units, compared with 67,204 units shipped during the same period in 2016. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 16 percent, to 95,356 units, up from 82,185 units shipped during the same period in 2016.

Warm Air Furnaces

U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for August 2017 increased 4 percent, to 283,960 units, up from 273,136 units shipped in August 2016. Oil warm air furnace shipments increased 16.9 percent, to 3,149 units in August 2017, up from 2,693 units shipped in August 2016.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 8.1 percent, to 1,938,542 units, compared with 1,792,768 units shipped during the same period in 2016. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces increased 1 percent, to 18,156 units, compared with 17,975 units shipped during the same period in 2016.

Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps

U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 654,312 units in August 2017, down 5.5 percent from 692,214 units shipped in August 2016. U.S. shipments of air conditioners decreased 9.4 percent, to 432,446 units, down from 477,436 units shipped in August 2016. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 3.3 percent, to 221,866 units, up from 214,778 units shipped in August 2016.

Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 7.4 percent, to 5,869,248, up from 5,466,934 units shipped in August 2016. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 6.5 percent, to 3,952,065 units, up from 3,710,251 units shipped during the same period in 2016. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 9.1 percent, to 1,917,183 units, up from 1,756,683 units shipped during the same period in 2016.

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