March 6, 2008 - Residential Cooling, Heating Equipment Shipments Off To Steady Start
Central
Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps
Combined
U.S. factory shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps
for January totaled 323,072, a 1% drop compared with January 2007 total
shipments. Heat pump shipments for January totaled 125,489, a 7% increase from
the same month a year ago.
Warm Air Furnaces
U.S.
factory shipments of gas warm air furnaces rose 1.2% to 171,120, compared with
January 2007 totals. Oil warm air furnaces for the same month fell 17.5% to
5,807, compared with January 2007 shipments of this equipment.