July Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipment Data Released

Warm Air Furnaces
U.S. factory shipments of gas-fired, warm-air furnaces in July totaled 161,301 a 13.8 percent drop compared with the same month a year ago. For the year-to-date, gas furnace shipments totaled 1,056,915, a 14.8 percent drop compared with the same period last year.

Warm Air Furnaces July 09
Oil-fired, warm-air furnaces for the same month totaled 3,057, a 11.2 percent increase compared with July 2008 totals. Oil furnace shipments for the year-to-date totaled 21,526 a 18.1 percent drop compared with the same period last year.

Storage Water Heaters
Residential electric water heater shipments for July totaled 283,854, an 18.5 percent drop from the same month a year ago. Residential gas water heater shipments totaled 269,335, a 10.6 percent decrease compared with shipments for the same month last year. For the year-to-date, about 2,183,800 residential gas water heaters have been shipped, about 11.3 percent drop compared with the same period a year ago. For the year-to-date, about 2,209,732 residential electric storage water heaters have been shipped, a 13.9 percent drop compared to the same period last year.

Storage Water Heaters July 09
Commercial gas water heater shipments for July totaled 5,523, dropping 13.5 drop percent compared with the same month last year, while commercial electric water heater shipments totaled 4,555 a 17.1 percent drop compared with the same month a year ago. For the year-to-date, commercial electric water heater shipments totaled, 33,870, 18.4 percent behind total shipments of this product during the same period last year (41,523). Commercial gas water heater shipments (45,854) for the year-to-date are down 16.7 percent, compared with the same period a year ago (55,055).

Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps
Combined U.S. factory shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for July totaled 568,197, down 16.1 percent compared with the same month a year ago. For the year-to-date, combined shipments totaled 3,353,331, down 17.7 percent compared with the same period last year.

Combined July 09
Heat pump shipments for July totaled 1,073,924, up 14.6 percent from the same month a year ago. For the year-to-date, heat pump shipments totaled 687,744, a 12.6 percent drop compared with the same period last year.