ARLINGTON, Va. - The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) announced that year-end shipment numbers of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps set a record for 2003.
According to ARI statistics, 6,807,262 units were shipped in 2003, a 1 percent increase from last year's total of 6,746,326 units. Heat pump shipments also hit a record in 2003 with 1,626,365 units shipped, a 10 percent jump from last year's record of 1,483,599 units. A single month record was also accomplished in June 2003 with the shipments of 190,770 heat pumps.