September Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data

U.S shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for September 2016 increased 16.1 percent to 328,980 units, up from 283,413 units shipped in September 2015. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 19.8 percent in September 2016 to 309,720 units, up from 258,593 units. 

For the year-to-date, U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters decreased 6.3 percent to 3,173,840, compared to 3,388,734 shipped during that same period in 2015. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 4.3 percent year-to-date to 2,990,140 units, compared to 3,124,296 shipped during the same period in 2015.

Commercial Storage Water Heaters

Commercial gas storage water heater shipments increased 13.3 percent in September 2016 to 8,290 units, up from 7,315 units shipped in September 2015. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 34.7 percent in September 2016 to 10,250 units, up from 7,609 units shipped in September 2015. 

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters increased 1.8 percent to 75,494 units, compared with 74,162 units shipped during the same period in 2015. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 45.6 percent to 93,931 units, up from 64,513 units shipped during the same period in 2015.

Warm Air Furnaces

U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for September 2016 decreased 0.9 percent to 314,809 units, down from 317,741 units shipped in September 2015. Oil warm air furnace shipments increased 1.7 percent to 4,980 units in September 2016, up from 4,895 units shipped in September 2015. 

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 3.8 percent to 2,107,577 units, compared with 2,029,999 units shipped during the same period in 2015. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces decreased 4.3 percent to 22,955, compared with 23,996 units shipped during the same period in 2015. 

Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps

U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 583,531 units in September 2016, up 19.5 percent from 488,464 units shipped in September 2015. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 14.2 percent to 383,526 units, up from 335,867 units shipped in September 2015. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 31.1 percent to 200,005 units, up from 152,597 units shipped in September 2015. 

Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 6.1 percent to 6,050,465 units, up from 5,701,086 units shipped in September 2015. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 7 percent to 4,093,777 units, up from 3,824,980 units shipped during the same period in 2015. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 4.3 percent to 1,956,688 units, up from 1,876,106 units shipped during the same period in 2015

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