ARLINGTON, Va. - Combined U.S. factory shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 739,871 for July, an increase of 8 percent over the same month last year, according to the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI).
ARI statistics also show that July heat pump shipments of 188,658 jumped 28 percent compared to July 2003. Combined unitary shipments for the first seven months of 2004 are up 11 percent compared to shipments from the same period last year.