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NEWS & TR EN D S can send them to Bridgeport Hospital, Burn Unit, 267 Grant St., Bridgeport, CT 06610. Please NO flowers. If you would like to leave a message, visit: www.facebook.com/WessonEnergy. There you will see fun pictures of our friend Danny. As Craig Snyder states, when Danny is able to read your postings, he will certainly take comfort in knowing that we are all thinking about him." AHRI RELEASES JULY AND AUGUST 2011 U.S. HEATING, COOLING EQUIPMENT SHIPMENT DATA The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) is the trade association representing manufacturers of air conditioning, heating, and commercial refrigeration equipment. AHRI provides regular reports on the sales of a variety of equip- ment. Offered below is the data for July and August 2011. Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for July 2011 decreased 22 percent, to 233,120 units, down from 297,218 units shipped in July 2010. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 16 percent in July 2011, to 241,804 units, down from 288,026 units shipped in July 2010. U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for August 2011 decreased 8 percent, to 284,536 units, down from 308,646 units shipped in August 2010. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 5 percent in August 2011, to 284,574 units, down from 299,048 units shipped in August 2010. For the year-to-date, U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters decreased 5 percent, to 2,602,563 units, compared to 2,725,684 units shipped during the same period in 2010. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 5 percent year-to-date, to 2,462,055 units, compared to 2,577,475 units shipped during the same period in 2010. Commercial Storage Water Heaters Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 28 per- cent in July 2011, to 4,943 units, down from 6,896 units shipped in July 2010. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments decreased 26 percent in July 2011, to 4,158 units, down from 5,642 units shipped in July 2010. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters increased 0.1 percent, to 49,045 units, compared with 48,998 units shipped during the same period in 2010. Year-to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 0.2 percent to 35,344 units, up from 35,262 units shipped during the same period in 2010. Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 1 percent in August 2011, to 5,760 units, down from 5,835 units shipped in August 2010. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 8 percent in August 2011, to 4,952 units, up from 4,573 units shipped in August 2010. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters decreased 0.1 percent, to 54,805 units, compared with 54,833 units shipped during the same period in 2010. Year- to-date commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 1 percent to 40,296 units, up from 39,835 units shipped during the same period in 2010. Warm Air Furnaces U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for July 2011 decreased 10 percent, to 150,193 units, down from 167,113 units shipped in July 2010. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 25 percent, to 2,467 units in July 2011, down from 3,286 units shipped in July 2010. U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for August 2011 decreased 9 percent, to 181,771 units, down from 199,402 units shipped in August 2010. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 6 percent, to 3,435 units in August 2011, down from 3,636 units shipped in August 2010. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces decreased 8 percent, to 1,313,610 units, compared with 1,426,017 units shipped during the same period in 2010. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces decreased 11 percent to 25,352 units, compared with 28,413 units shipped during the same period in 2010. Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 554,027 units in July 2011, up 9 percent from 510,567 units shipped in July 2010. U.S. shipments of air condi- tioners increased 13 percent, to 406,485 units, up from 358,871 12 NOVEMBER 2011 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com