United States. The Institute of Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration (AHRI) published its latest report on shipping data for air conditioning systems and heat pumps. U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air source heat pumps totaled 455,303 units in October 2017, up 6.9% from 425,882 units shipped in October 2016.
Air conditioner shipments rose 7.6 percent to 292,559 units, up from 271,913 units shipped in October. 2016. U.S. shipments of air source heat pumps increased 5.7 percent, to 162,744 units, compared to 153,969 units shipped in October 2016.
Combined annual shipments of central air conditioners and air source heat pumps increased 6.5 percent to 6,900,365, up from 6,476,347 units shipped in October 2016. Shipments of air conditioners throughout the year increased 5.9 percent, to 4,621,922 units, to 4,365,690 units shipped during the same period in 2016. The cumulative total through the year for heat pump shipments increased by 7.9 percent, to 2,278,443, compared to 2,110,657 units shipped during the same period in 2016.
