MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Ductless split system shipments showed the largest gain in Canada for the first quarter of 2006. According to statistics recently released by the Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI), ductless shipments jumped 62 percent - from 6,095 in the first quarter of 2005 to 9,876 in the first quarter of this year. Ductless splits in Canada are defined as heat pumps and conditioning condensing units (cooling only).
Residential air conditioning showed the second largest gain, increasing by 61 percent - from 43,781 in the first quarter of 2005 to 70,621 in the first quarter of 2006. In Canada, residential a/c is defined as split system air conditioning and heat pumps up to 5 tons.