November Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data

U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for November 2017 decreased 3.4 percent, to 337,947 units, down from 349,676 units shipped in November 2016. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 5.2 percent in November 2017, to 329,800 units, up from 313,474 units shipped in November 2016.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 3.9 percent, to 3,971,350, compared to 3,821,921 shipped during that same period in 2016. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 5.0 percent year-to-date, to 3,772,893 units, compared to 3,592,682 shipped during the same period in 2016.

Commercial Storage Water Heaters

Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 11.8 percent in November 2017, to 6,766 units, down from 7,670 units shipped in November 2016. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 43.9 percent in November 2017, to 14,684 units, up from 10,202 units shipped in November 2016.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters decreased 4.9 percent, to 85,121 units, compared with 89,507 units shipped during the same period in 2016. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 23.8 percent, to 138,914 units, up from 112,229 units shipped during the same period in 2016.

Warm Air Furnaces

U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for November 2017 increased 6.2 percent, to 284,397 units, up from 267,860 units shipped in November 2016. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 0.1 percent, to 4,289 units in November 2017, down from 4,293 units shipped in November 2016.

Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 6.9 percent, to 2,823,080 units, compared with 2,639,877 units shipped during the same period in 2016. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces increased 0.9 percent, to 32,538 units, compared with 32,233 units shipped during the same period in 2016.

Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps

U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 431,668 units in November 2017, up 5.5 percent from 409,157 units shipped in November 2016. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 6.3 percent, to 269,842 units, up from 253,895 units shipped in November 2016. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 4.2 percent, to 161,826 units, up from 155,262 units shipped in November 2016.

Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 6.5 percent, to 7,332,033, up from 6,885,504 units shipped in November 2016. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 5.9 percent, to 4,891,764 units, up from 4,619,585 units shipped during the same period in 2016. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 7.7 percent, to 2,440,269, up from 2,265,919 units shipped during the same period in 2016.

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