30 APRIL 2015 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com
HVAC HYDRONICS
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ments increased 16.9%, to 4,114 units
in December 2014, up from 3,520 units
shipped in December 2013.
Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas
warm air furnaces increased 5.1%,
to 2,734,713 units, compared with
2,601,760 units shipped during the same
period in 2013. Year-to-date U.S. ship-
ments of oil warm air furnaces increased
8.0% to 34,725, compared with 32,144
units shipped during the same period
in 2013. Central Air Conditioners and
Air-Source Heat Pumps—U.S. ship-
ments of central air conditioners and
air-source heat pumps totaled 433,643
units in October 2014, up 19.3% from
363,465 units shipped in October 2013.
U.S. shipments of air conditioners
increased 15.1%, to 280,524 units, up
from 243,692 units shipped in October
2013. U.S. shipments of air-source heat
pumps increased 27.8%, to 153,119
units, up from 119,773 units shipped in
October 2013.
U.S. shipments of central air con-
ditioners and air-source heat pumps
totaled 358,479 units in November 2014,
up 10.9% from 323,185 units shipped in
November 2013. U.S. shipments of air
conditioners increased 9.9%, to 227,523
units, up from 207,057 units shipped
in November 2013. U.S. shipments of
air-source heat pumps increased 12.8%,
to 130,956 units, up from 116,128 units
shipped in November 2013.
U.S. shipments of central air con-
ditioners and air-source heat pumps
totaled 461,835 units in December 2014,
up 50.9% from 306,141 units shipped in
December 2013. U.S. shipments of air
conditioners increased 49.3%, to 278,369
units, up from 186,484 units shipped
in December 2013. U.S. shipments of
air-source heat pumps increased 53.3%,
to 183,466 units, up from 119,657 units
shipped in December 2013.
Year-to-date combined shipments
of central air conditioners and air-
source heat pumps increased 11.1%, to
6,853,650 units, up from 6,169,700 units
shipped in December 2013. Year-to-date
shipments of central air conditioners
increased 7.1%, to 4,499,660 units, up
from 4,201,068 units shipped during
the same period in 2013. The year-to-
date total for heat pump shipments
increased 19.6%, to 2,353,990 units, up
from 1,968,632 units shipped during the
same period in 2013. NOTE: Industry
figures are estimates derived from the
best available figures supplied by a sam-
ple of AHRI member companies and are
subject to revision.