Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 950,122 units in August 2020, up 21.8 percent from 779,923 units shipped in August 2019. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 28.1 percent, to 639,349 units, up from 499,252 units shipped in August 2019. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 10.7 percent, to 310,773 units, up from 280,671 units shipped in August 2019.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 1 percent, to 6,436,407 units, up from 6,370,742 units shipped during the same period in 2019. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 1.9 percent, to 4,170,819 units, up from 4,092,014 units shipped during the same period in 2019. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments decreased 0.6 percent, to 2,265,588, down from 2,278,728 units shipped during the same period in 2019.
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