The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute has released its latest heating and cooling equipment shipment data.
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for February 2024 increased 7%, to 397,529 units, up from 371,462 units shipped in February 2023. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 10.4% in February 2024 to 454,577 units, up from 411,916 units shipped in February 2023.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 1.9%, to 744,553, compared to 730,380 shipped during that same period in 2023. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 6.4% year-to-date, to 871,640 units, compared to 819,229 shipped during the same period in 2023.
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments increased 12.8% in February 2024, to 8,120 units, up from 7,200 units shipped in February 2023. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 6.5% in February 2024, to 13,950, up from 13,095 units shipped in February 2023.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters increased 6.4%, to 15,371 units, compared with 14,447 units shipped during the same period in 2023. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 7.8% , to 25,647 units, up from 23,791 units shipped during the same period in 2023.
U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for February 2024 decreased 7.3% , to 214,961 units, down from 231,944 units shipped in February 2023. Oil warm air furnace shipments increased 59.6% , to 2,434 units in February 2024, up from 1,525 units shipped in February 2023.
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 657,509 units in February 2024, up 1.2% from 649,856 units shipped in February 2023. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 8.8%, to 372,897 units, up from 342,814 units shipped in February 2023. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps decreased 7.3%, to 284,612 units, down from 307,042 shipped in February 2023.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps decreased 9.7%, to 1.1 million, down from 1.3 million units shipped during the same period in 2023. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased 7.4%, to 620,932 units, down from 670,269 units shipped during the same period in 2023. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments decreased 12.4%, to 515,951, down from 588,743 units shipped during the same period in 2023.
Download the full report at ahrinet.org/system/files/2024-04/February%202024%20Statistical%20Release.pdf
