March 18, 2013: Heating and Cooling Shipments Show Strong Increases
ARLINGTON, Va. — Shipments of central air conditioners, air-source heat pumps, gas warm air furnaces, residential storage water heaters, and commercial storage water heaters in the United States all showed double-digit increases in January, according to the latest statistics released by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI).
Shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 301,176 units in January 2013, up 17.3 percent from 256,686 units shipped in January 2012. Shipments of air conditioners increased 16.3 percent, to 179,492 units, up from 154,367 units shipped in January 2012. Shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 18.9 percent, to 121,684 units, up from 102,319 units shipped in January 2012.