Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 1,005,646 units in May 2019, up 3.5 percent from 971,246 units shipped in May 2018. U.S. shipments of air conditioners decreased 2 percent, to 659,423 units, down from 673,010 units shipped in May 2018. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 16.1 percent, to 346,223 units, up from 298,236 units shipped in May 2018.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 2.2 percent, to 3,609,723, up from 3,531,224 units shipped during the same period in 2018. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased .1 percent, to 2,262,364 units, down from 2,264,988 units shipped during the same period in 2018. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 6.4 percent, to 1,347,359, up from 1,266,236 units shipped during the same period in 2018.
