AHRI Releases March 2018 Shipment Data
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for March 2018 decreased 2.2%, to 414,458 units, down from 423,787 units shipped in March 2017. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 2.9% in March 2018, to 390,281 units, down from 401,754 units shipped in March 2017.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 2.1%, to 1,180,448, com-pared to 1,156,644 shipped during that same period in 2017. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 0.6% year-to-date, to 1,104,062 units, compared to 1,097,558 shipped during the same period in 2017.
Commercial Storage Water Heaters
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 1.2% in March 2018, to 9,860 units, down from 9,976 units shipped in March 2017. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 7.1% in March 2018, to 13,431 units, up from 12,546 units shipped in March 2017.
Year-to-date U. S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters decreased 1.5%, to 25,374 units, compared with 25,761 units shipped during the same period in 2017. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 1.3%, to 34,873 units, up from 34,422 units shipped during the same period in 2017.
Central Air Conditioners and Air-source Heat Pumps
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 828,513 units in March 2018, up 6.1% from 780,712 units shipped in March 2017. U.S. shipments of central air conditioners increased 2%, to 528,041 units, up from 517,518 units shipped in March 2017. U.S. shipments of air- source heat pumps increased 14.2%, to 300,472 units, up from 263,194 units shipped in March 2017.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps in-creased 6.7%, to 1,827,120, up from 1,711,938 units shipped during the same period in 2017. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 1.9%, to 1,102,420 units, up from 1,081,918 units shipped during the same period in 2017. The year-to -date total for air-source heat pump shipments increased 15%, to 724,700, up from 630,020 units shipped during the same period in 2017.
