AHRI Releases October 2019 U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data
Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 516,476 units in October 2019, up 1.8 percent from 507,199 units shipped in October 2018. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 1.2 percent, to 315,498 units, up from 311,728 units shipped in October 2018. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 2.8 percent, to 200,978 units, up from 195,471 units shipped in October 2018.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 1.4 percent, to 7,500,825, up from 7,397,877 units shipped during the same period in 2018. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased 0.9 percent, to 4,788,093 units, down from 4,832,854 units shipped during the same period in 2018. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 5.8 percent, to 2,712,732, up from 2,565,023 units shipped during the same period in 2018.
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