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CALENDAR OF EVENTS JUNE NEFI Visions Conference June 5-6, 2012 Sheraton Framingham Hotel and Conference Center Framingham, Mass. www.nefi.com COHA Cleaner Heat 2012 June 12-13 Fairmont Tremblant Mont Tremblant, Quebec www.symposium.coha.ca In March, FW Webb held a product event in Warwick, R.I. in conjunction with PurePro and over 130 fuel marketers, contractors, installers and suppliers attend. Fuel Oil News columnist Charles Bursey was the host. Newport BioDiesel donated the Red Sox tickets for the raffle and T.H. Mallory, Inc, of Cumberland, RI was the winner. In this photo, Ed St. Jean, sales manager for The Walter F. Morris Company, right side, and Patrick McCarthy, territory manager. increased 4 percent, to 364,054 units, up from 350,549 units shipped in December 2010. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 6 percent in December 2011, to 348,692 units, up from 328,298 units shipped in December 2010. U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for January 2012 increased 8 percent, to 328,122 units, up from 303,429 units shipped in January 2011. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 4 percent in January 2012, to 304,529 units, up from 292,656 units shipped in January 2011. Commercial Storage Water Heaters Commercial gas storage water heater ship- ments increased 60 percent in December 2011, to 10,868 units, up from 6,798 units shipped in December 2010. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 11 percent in December 2011, to 5,182 units, up from 4,659 units shipped in December 2010. Commercial gas storage water heater shipments decreased 0.5 percent in January 2012, to 6,109 units, down from 6,138 units shipped in January 2011. Commercial electric storage water heater shipments increased 6 percent in January 2012, to 4,641 units, up from 4,381 units shipped in January 2011. Warm Air Furnaces U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for December 2011 decreased 18 percent, to 222,774 units, down from 270,074 units shipped in December 2010. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 13 percent, to 4,781 units in December 2011, down from 5,464 units shipped in December 2010. U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces for January 2012 decreased 32 percent, to 130,598 units, down from 190,798 units shipped in January 2011. Oil warm air furnace shipments decreased 44 percent, to 2,917 units in January 2012, down from 5,237 units shipped in January 2011. Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air condi- tioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 271,967 units in December 2011, down 20 percent from 340,526 units shipped in December 2010. U.S. shipments of air con- ditioners decreased 16 percent, to 173,435 units, down from 206,141 units shipped in December 2010. U.S. shipments of air- source heat pumps decreased 27 percent, to 98,532 units, down from 134,385 units shipped in December 2010. U.S. shipments of central air condi- tioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 256,686 units in January 2012, down 22 percent from 327,077 units shipped in January 2011. U.S. shipments of central air conditioners decreased 22 percent, to 154,367 units, down from 198,613 units shipped in January 2011. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps decreased 20 per- cent, to 102,319 units, down from 128,464 units shipped in January 2011. AUGUST PGANE Northeast Propane Show August 8-9, 2012 Holiday Inn Boxborough, Mass. www.northeastpropaneshow.com SEPTEMBER FW Webb New York State Expo Thursday, Sept. 13 Saratogo Springs, NY Contact: Ray DiPirro 781.665.1967 ICPA/Oil Heat Institute of Rhode Island Autumn Event September 13, 2012 Foxwoods gene@icpa.org OPIS Winning Fuel Buying Strategies September 13-14, 2012 Renaissance Hotel Washington, D.C. Phone: 888.301.2645 registrar@opisnet.com www.opisnet.com/fuelbuying OCTOBER PPM/CSA Oct. 1-3, 2012 Hershey Lodge & Convention Center Contact: Bob Willis, 717.939.1781 Women In Energy Summit October 29, 2012 Manchester, NH www.womensenergysummit.com NOTE: Industry figures are estimates derived from the best available figures supplied by a sample of AHRI member companies and are subject to revision. FUEL OIL NEWS (ISSN 0016-2396), Canada Publication Mail Agreement #1588621, is published monthly by Bev-Al Communications, Inc. 1030 W. Higgins Road, Suite 230, Park Ridge, Il 60068. Circulated free of charge to qualified individuals in the oil heating industry in the United States. Additional and/or personal copies are available on a paid subscription basis only. 1-year subscription rates: $28.00 USA. $40.00 Canada and Mexico via service postage. $90.00 other foreign countries via air-mail postage. 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