Shipments
of gas-powered furnaces and central air conditioners increased in November 2010
while some water heater shipments declined, according to new figures from the Air-Conditioning,
Heating and Refrigeration Institute.
Shipments of gas
warm-air furnaces were up 11 percent from year-ago levels to 257,414 units. For
the year, shipments were up 13 percent to 2,183,205 units, compared with
1,940,077 units shipped during the first 10 months of 2009.
Central air conditioners
and air-source heat pumps were up slightly – 0.2 percent – to 4,826,685 units,
up from a revised total of 4,814,764 shipped in November 2009. However,
year-to-date shipments decreased 2 percent to 3,213,150 units, down from the
revised 3,282,649 total.
Shipments of residential
gas water heaters during November dropped 6 percent from year-ago figures. But
shipments of commercial gas water heaters increased 5 percent and commercial
electric heaters increased 16 percent.
The AHRI represents most
of the major U.S.-based HVACR manufacturers.
