During the second quarter 2009, residential furnace shipments showed the only product sector gain increasing by less than 1%. Other sectors showed decreases including ductless splits shipments by 59%, unit heater shipments by 27%, residential air conditioning shipments by 26%, commercial air conditioning shipments by 25%, and chiller bookings by 1% over the 2nd Quarter 2008.
Residential Furnace 2Q Shipments Up Slightly
Canadian shipments of
residential furnace equipment increased slightly in the second quarter 2009, according
to the Heating, Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI).
During the second quarter 2009, residential furnace shipments showed the only product sector gain increasing by less than 1%. Other sectors showed decreases including ductless splits shipments by 59%, unit heater shipments by 27%, residential air conditioning shipments by 26%, commercial air conditioning shipments by 25%, and chiller bookings by 1% over the 2nd Quarter 2008.
Commercial air conditioning
shipments decreased 25%, from 11,329 in the second quarter of 2008 to 8,466 in
the second quarter of 2009. Year-to-date shipments decreased 22%, from 19,628
for the 2nd quarter 2008 to 15,233 for the 2nd quarter 2009.
Residential
air conditioning shipments
decreased 26% from 111,228 in the second quarter of 2008 to 81,805 in the second
quarter of 2009. Year-to-date shipments decreased 28% from 150,287 for the 2nd quarter
2008 to 108,138 for the 2nd quarter 2009.
Residential
furnace shipments
increased less than 1% from 59,986 in the second quarter of 2008 to 60,278 in
the second quarter of 2009. Year-to-date shipments decreased 2% from 112,297
for the 2nd quarter 2008 to 109,618 for the 2nd quarter 2009.
Unit heater
shipments decreased
by 27% from 7,352 in the second quarter of 2008 to 5,393 in the second quarter
of 2009. Year-to-date shipments decreased 19% from 16,214 for the 2nd quarter
2008 to 13,127 for the2nd quarter 2009.
Ductless
Split Systems shipments decreased by 59% from 25,362 in the second
quarter of 2008 to 10,335 in the second quarter of 2009. Year-to-date shipments
decreased 32% from 37,798 for the 2nd quarter 2008 to 25,697 for the 2nd quarter
2009.
Chiller
bookings decreased 1% from 182 in the second quarter of 2008 to 180 in the
second quarter 2009. Year-to-date shipments decreased 14% from 417 for the 2nd
quarter 2008 to 358 for the 2nd quarter 2009.
During the second quarter 2009, residential furnace shipments showed the only product sector gain increasing by less than 1%. Other sectors showed decreases including ductless splits shipments by 59%, unit heater shipments by 27%, residential air conditioning shipments by 26%, commercial air conditioning shipments by 25%, and chiller bookings by 1% over the 2nd Quarter 2008.
