Feb. 3, 2004: Unitary A/C Shipments Set Record In 2003
ARLINGTON, Va. - Shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps set a record in 2003 with 6,807,262 units shipped, a 1 percent increase from 2002's total of 6,746,326 units, according to Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) statistics.
Heat pump shipments also hit a record in 2003 with 1,626,365 units shipped, a 10 percent jump from the 2002 record of 1,483,599 units.