ARLINGTON, VA — Combined U.S. factory shipments of 333,414 central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for November 2001 were up 1% compared to shipments from the same month in 2000, according to Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) statistics.
Heat pump shipments of 96,695 were up 9% compared to November 2000. Year-to-date unitary shipments were down 6% compared to the previous year.