ARLINGTON, Va. - The HVAC industry could be headed for another record year. The industry is currently running 5 percent ahead of the 2004 record-setting year, with 1,667,520 total shipments of unitary air conditioners and heat pumps in the first three months of 2005.
In statistics released by the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), the combined United States factory shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for March was 780,407. That is a 7-percent increase over March 2004. Heat pump shipments totaled 188,512, which was a 12-percent increase over March 2004.