Year-to-date U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 3.9 percent,
residential electric storage water heaters increased 5 percent, commercial gas storage water heaters decreased
4.9 percent, commercial electric storage water heaters increased 23.8 percent, gas warm-air furnaces decreased
4.9 percent, oil warm-air furnaces increased 0.9 percent, central air conditioners increased 5.9 percent, and airsource
heat pumps increased 7.7 percent.
U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and airsource
heat pumps totaled 654,312 units in August
2017, down 5.5 percent from 692,214 units shipped
in August 2016.
