BDC Momentum Report: Heat Pump Sales Soar in Second Quarter 2025
The Building Decarbonization Coalition has released its Q2 Momentum report, highlighting data showing how the effort to decarbonize America’s buildings continues to make progress. BDC regularly tracks and analyzes policies, trends and data on the building decarbonization movement.
The report revealed that the electric equipment market is more resilient and durable than the market for fossil fuel equipment. Heat pumps have outsold furnaces since around 2022, and the trend continues this year with heat pump shipments sharply ramping up compared to a relatively minimal uptick in furnace shipments to date. Peak shipments are historically during the summer months.
In the first few months of 2025, heat pump sales outpaced furnaces by 14%, according to shipment data from AHRI, continuing the steep upward trend from 2024. Heat pumps continued strong performance in the first quarter of 2025, roughly in line with the past several years. While fossil fuel furnace shipments improved compared to the first quarter of 2024, they are still lower than their heat pump alternatives.
