AHRI releases November water heater shipment data
January 13th, 2009According to figures released by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), residential electric water heater shipments for November totaled 280,019, a 24.2 percent drop from the same month a year ago. Residential gas water heater shipments totaled 260,443, a 26.8 percent decrease compared with shipments for the same month last year. For the year-to-date, about 3.6 million residential gas water heaters have been shipped, a 7.7 percent drop compared with the same period a year ago. For the year-to-date, about 3.9 million residential electric storage water heaters have been shipped, a 4.2 percent drop compared to the same period last year.
Commercial gas water heater shipments for November totaled 4,910, dropping 38.5 percent compared with the same month last year, while commercial electric water heater shipments totaled 4,292, a 26 percent drop compared with the same month a year ago. For the year-to-date, commercial electric water heater shipments (63,842) are 3.3 percent ahead of total shipments of this product during the same period last year (61,800). Commercial gas water heater shipments (82,083) for the year-to-date are up 0.5 percent, compared with the same period a year ago (81,665).