AHRI Releases April 2018 Shipment Data

Residential Storage Water Heaters
 
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for April 2018 increased 13.6%, to 399,822 units, up from 352,064 units shipped in April 2017. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 12.7% in April 2018, to 363,953 units, up from 322,917 units shipped in April 2017.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 4.7%, to 1,580,270, compared to 1,508,708 shipped during that same period in 2017. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 3.3% year-to -date, to 1,468,015 units, compared to 1,420,475 shipped during the same period in 2017.
 
Commercial Storage Water Heaters
 
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments increased 11.9% in April 2018, to 8,539 units, up from 7,630 units shipped in April 2017. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 9.6% in April 2018, to 12,516 units, up from 11,416 units shipped in April 2017.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters increased 1.6%, to 33,913 units, compared with 33,391 units shipped during the same period in 2017. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 3.4%, to 47,389 units, up from 45,838 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 732,858 units in April 2018, up 5.6% from 694,089 units shipped in April 2017. U.S. shipments of central air conditioners increased 4.6%, to 489,558 units, up from 467,884 units shipped in April 2017. U.S. shipments of air- source heat pumps increased 7.6%, to 243,300 units, up from 226,205 units shipped in April 2017.

Year-to -date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 6.4%, to 2,559,978, up from 2,406,068 units shipped during the same period in 2017. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 2.7%, to 1,591,978 units, up from 1,549,802 units shipped during the same period in 2017. The year-to -date total for air-source heat pump shipments increased 13.1%, to 968,000, up from 856,266 units shipped during the same period in 2017.