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
Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for August 2024 changed -5.4%, to 340,954 units, compared to 360,240 units shipped in August 2023. Residential electric storage water heater shipments changed +7.0% in August 2024 to 439,018 units, compared to 410,251 units shipped in August 2023.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters changed -0.4%, to 2,863,496, compared to 2,876,179 shipped during that same period in 2023. Residential electric storage water heater shipments changed +7.7% year-to-date, to 3,484,264 units, compared to 3,236,569 shipped during the same period in 2023.

Commercial storage water heaters
Commercial gas storage water heater shipments changed -20.0% in August 2024, to 5,908 units, compared to 7,386 units shipped in August 2023. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments changed -21.1% in August 2024, to 11,113, compared to 14,088 units shipped in August 2023.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters changed -2.1%, to 57,906 units, compared to 59,155 units shipped during the same period in 2023. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments changed +8.4%, to 106,760 units, compared to 98,524 units shipped during the same period in 2023.

Warm air furnaces
Warm Air Furnaces U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for August 2024 changed +3.3%, to 291,132 units, compared to 281,915 units shipped in August 2023. Oil warm air furnace shipments changed -11.3%, to 2,180 units in August 2024, compared to 2,458 units shipped in August 2023.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces changed -0.1%, to 2,009,468 units, compared to 2,012,203 units shipped during the same period in 2023. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces changed +42.2%, to 16,274 units, compared to 11,447 units shipped during the same period in 2023.

Central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 975,841 units in August 2024, changed +11.2% compared to 877,200 units shipped in August 2023. U.S. shipments of air conditioners changed +5.6%, to 571,153 units, compared to 541,108 units shipped in August 2023. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps changed +20.4%, to 404,688 units, compared to 336,092 shipped in August 2023.

Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps changed +4.1%, to 6,735,792, compared to 6,469,355 units shipped during the same period in 2023. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners changed +3.2%, to 3,903,730 units, compared to 3,783,265 units shipped during the same period in 2023. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments changed +5.4%, to 2,832,062, compared to 2,686,090 units shipped during the same period in 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.