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Fuel Oil News February 2016

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HVAC/HYDRONICS N E W S 38 FEBRUARY 2016 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com AHRI OCTOBER 2015 U.S. HEATING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT SHIPMENT DATA The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute 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 equipment. Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for October 2015 decreased 21.0% to 304,156 units, down from 385,093 units shipped in October 2014. Residential electric stor- age water heater shipments decreased 22.8% in October 2015 to 302,199 units, down from 391,317 units shipped in October 2014. For the year-to-date, U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 0.8% to 3,692,890, compared to 3,664,101 units shipped during the same period in 2014. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 2.7% year-to-date to 3,426,495 units, compared to 3,521,976 units shipped during the same period in 2014. Commercial Storage Water Heaters Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 1.3% in October 2015 to 7,471 units, down from 7,569 units shipped in October 2014. Commercial electric storage water heater ship- ments increased 22.0% in October 2015 to 7,925 units, up from 6,498 units shipped in October 2014. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of commercial gas storage water heaters increased 3.4% to 81,633 units, compared with 78,944 units shipped during the same period in 2014. Year-to-date com- mercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 16.9% to 72,438 units, up from 61,976 units shipped during the same period in 2014. Warm Air Furnaces U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for October 2015 decreased 1.6% to 280,615 units, down from 285,148 units shipped in October 2014. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 1.0% to 4,609 units in October 2015, down from 4,656 units shipped in October 2014. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 4.9% to 2,310,614 units, compared with 2,203,327 units shipped during the same period in 2014. Year-to-date U.S. shipments of oil warm air furnaces increased 7.8% to 28,605, compared with 26,535 units shipped during the same period in 2014. Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 396,922 units in October 2015, down 8.5% from 433,643 units shipped in October 2014. U.S. shipments of air con- ditioners decreased 8.2% to 257,477 units, down from 280,524 units shipped in October 2014. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps decreased 8.9% to 139,445 units, down from 153,119 units shipped in October 2014. Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 1.1%, to 6,097,714 units, up from 6,033,336 units shipped in October 2014. Year-to-date ship- ments of central air conditioners increased 2.2% to 4,082,457 units, up from 3,993,768 units shipped during the same period in 2014. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments decreased 1.2% to 2,015,257 units, down from 2,039,568 units shipped during the same period in 2014. NOTE: A shipment is defined as when a unit transfers ownership; a consignment is not a transfer of ownership. Industry data is aggregated from the information supplied by AHRI member companies that participate in the statistics program and may be subject to revision. Published year-to-date data is inclusive of all revisions. No other AHRI data (e.g., by state or region) is available to the general public other than that published. AHRI does not conduct any market forecasting and is not qualified to discuss market trends. MANUFACTURERS, EFFICIENCY GROUPS PRAISE LANDMARK ENERGY-SAVING STANDARDS Energy efficiency standards issued for rooftop air condition- ers and heat pumps—which represent the largest energy and pollution savings of any rule ever issued by the Department of Energy—will benefit businesses, manufacturers, and the environ- ment, according to four of the organizations that participated in the negotiations leading to the announcement. The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute representing HVACR and water heating manufacturers, the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, and Natural Resources Defense Council joined other stakeholders in the negotiations. The new standards are expected to save 1.7 trillion kilowatt hours over 30 years of sales, or almost as much energy as created by all the coal burned in the United States to generate electricity in a year. Rooftop air conditioners cool about half the commercial floor space in the nation. DOE also set standards for commercial warm air furnaces, which are typically installed with the rooftop commercial air conditioners. FIREDRAGON ACADEMY PROMOTION FIREDRAGON ACADEMY announced that it will be celebrat- ing its 25th year in business by adding several new programs and some old favorites at both its primary training facility at the Beckett Training Center, 660 Main Street, Sturbridge (Fiskdale), Mass., and other locations throughout New England. The classes will begin on Jan. 26, 2016, and include the 80-hour NORA Bronze Basic Oilburner School and the 40-hour Basic Gas Schools that will be taught in both day and night for- mats. Schools on wiring and other subjects are being planned for Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Additional courses will include an eight-hour Massachusetts Oilburner License/Certificate Course and the NEW Massachusetts Oil Burner Code (NFPA31) classes.

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