MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) has released its annual statistics forecast for the year 2004. The organization projects that both residential air conditioning and residential furnace shipments will increase by 2 percent, and commercial air conditioning shipments by 7 percent over the projected 2003 figures.
Actual shipments of commercial air conditioning in 2002 in Canada were 40,108. The projected year-end figure for 2003 shows a 7 percent drop to 37,300, while the forecast for 2004 increases by 7 percent to 40,100.