AHRI Releases April 2018 U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data

U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 732,858 units in April 2018, up 5.6 percent from 694,089 units shipped in April 2017. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 4.6 percent, to 489,558 units, up from 467,884 units shipped in April 2017. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 7.6 percent, to 243,300 units, up from 226,205 units shipped in April 2017.

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

Read more <a href="http://www.ahrinet.org/App_Content/ahri/files/Statistics/Monthly%20Shipments/2018/April_2018.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">full report AHRI April 2018</a>.