AHRI Releases US Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Institute has released its latest equipment shipment data. Highlights are as follows:
Residential storage water heaters
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for July 2024 changed +9.0%, to 312,476 units, compared to 286,619 units shipped in July 2023. Residential electric storage water heater shipments changed +19.5% in July 2024 to 396,168 units, compared to 331,641 units shipped in July 2023.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters changed +0.3%, to 2,522,542,
compared to 2,515,939 shipped during that same period in 2023. Residential electric storage water heater shipments changed +7.7% year-to-date, to 3,045,246 units, compared to 2,826,318 shipped during the same period in 2023.
Commercial storage water heaters
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments changed -13.4% in July 2024, to 5,217 units, compared to 6,021 units shipped in July 2023. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments changed +24.9% in July 2024, to 11,709, compared to 9,373 units shipped in July 2023.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters changed +0.4%, to 51,998 units,
compared to 51,769 units shipped during the same period in 2023. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments changed +13.3%, to 95,647 units, compared to 84,436 units shipped during the same period in 2023.
U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for July 2024 changed +20.1%, to 255,099 units, compared to
212,490 units shipped in July 2023. Oil warm air furnace shipments changed +72.3%, to 1,864 units in
July 2024, compared to 1,082 units shipped in July 2023.
A shipment is defined as when a unit transfers ownership; a consignment is not a transfer of ownership.
Industry data is aggregated from the information supplied by AHRI member companies that participate in the statistics program and can be subject to revision. Published year-to-date data is inclusive of all revisions. No other AHRI data (e.g., by state or region) is available to the public other than that published. AHRI does not conduct any market forecasting and is not qualified to discuss market trends. BTUHs of 64.9 and below are for residential units; 65.0 and above for commercial.
For full details, visit http://www.ahrinet.org/statistics.
