AHRI Releases Latest U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data

U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for March 2022 decreased 1.7%, to 459,595 units, down from 467,569 units shipped in March 2021. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 8.4% in March 2022 to 486,035 units, up from 448,424 units shipped in March 2021.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters decreased 2.5%, to 1.11 million compared to 1.22 million shipped during that same period in 2021. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 7.3% year-to-date, to 1.28-million units, compared to 1.2 million shipped during the same period in 2021.

Commercial gas storage water heater shipments increased 3.7% in March 2022, to 9,906 units, up from 9,553 units shipped in March 2021. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments decreased 21.9% in March 2022, to 11,195 units, down from 14,338 units shipped in March 2021.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters decreased 8.7%, to 21,351 units, compared with 23,380 units shipped during the same period in 2021. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments decreased 32.2%, to 24,983 units, down from 36,859 units shipped during the same period in 2021.

U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for March 2022 decreased 3%, to 361,910 units, down from 372,985 units shipped in March 2021. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 28.9%, to 2,290 units in March 2022, down from 3,222 units shipped in March 2021.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces decreased 6.5%, to 964,540 units, compared with 1.03-million units shipped during the same period in 2021. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces decreased 14.4%, to 8,029 units, compared with 9,382 units shipped during the same period in 2021.

U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 945,983 units in March 2022, up 2.3% from 925,031 units shipped in March 2021. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 1.1%, to 583,253 units, up from 576,646 units shipped in March 2021. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 4.1 percent, to 362,730 units, up from 348,385 units shipped in March 2021.

Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 8.2%, to 2.43-million units, up from 2.24-million units shipped during the same period in 2021. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 6.7%, to 1.43-million units, up from 1.34-million units shipped during the same period in 2021. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 10.5%, to 994,692, up from 900,207 units shipped during the same period in 2021.

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