For the year-to-date, U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters decreased 0.8 percent to 3,992,228, compared to 4,026,183 units shipped during the same period in 2014. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 4.4 percent year-to-date to 3,691,380 units, compared to 3,860,772 units shipped during the same period in 2014.
Commercial Storage Water Heaters
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 0.2 percent in November 2015 to 7,157 units, down from 7,169 units shipped in November 2014. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 38.8 percent in November 2015 to 7,237 units, up from 5,213 units shipped in November 2014.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters increased 3.1 percent to 88,790 units, compared with 86,113 units shipped during the same period in 2014. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 18.6 percent to 79,675 units, up from 67,189 units shipped during the same period in 2014.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 3.7 percent to 2,559,567 units, compared with 2,468,626 units shipped during the same period in 2014. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces increased 11.0 percent to 33,984, compared with 30,611 units shipped during the same period in 2014.
Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 334,907 units in November 2015, down 6.6 percent from
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 0.6 percent to 6,432,670 units, up from 6,391,815 units shipped in November 2014. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 1.9 percent to 4,300,554 units, up from 4,221,291 units shipped during the same period in 2014. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments decreased 1.8 percent to 2,132,116 units, down from 2,170,524 units shipped during the same period in 2014.
NOTE: 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 may 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 general public other than that published. AHRI does not conduct any market forecasting and is not qualified to discuss market trends. For previous monthly shipment releases and historical data, please see ahrinet.org/statistics.