Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps
Year-to-date total shipments by product, visualized in twenty-year charts and tables
Central Air Conditioners
(except window and wall types)
Package Air Conditioners — Air & Water-Cooled: Report as single package air conditioners with factory-made assemblies of one or more evaporator fans, evaporator coil, and condensing sections having means for air cooling, cleaning, dehumidification, heating with factory or field installed electric strip heaters and forced air circulation through a duct system and which may also have means for humidifying and control of temperature. These units do not have gas or oil heat and are not heat pumps. Report only those units that are assembled or are designed to be assembled in a single unit (within a single factory-made enclosure). Do not report window and wall types of room air conditioners. Include single package (cooling only) roof top units in this category.
Indoor Package — Air & Water-Cooled: Report as single package air conditioners with factory-made assemblies of one or more evaporator fans, evaporator coil, and condensing sections having means for air cooling, cleaning, dehumidification, heating with factory or field installed electric strip heaters and forced air circulation through a duct system and which may also have means for humidifying and control of temperature. These units do not have gas or oil heat and are not heat pumps. Report only those units that are assembled or are designed to be assembled in a single unit (within a single factory-made enclosure). Do not report window and wall types of room air conditioners.
Package Year Round Air Conditioners (With Gas/Oil Heat) — Air Cooled: Single Package: Report as gas and oil package air conditioners, factory made assemblies of one or more evaporator fans, evaporator coil, and condensing units and equipped with gas fired heating section and means for air cooling, heating cleaning, dehumidification and forced air circulation through a duct system and which may also have means for humidifying and control of temperature. Report only those units that are assembled or are designed to be assembled in a single unit (within a single factory made enclosure). Include single package (with gas/oil heat) roof top units in this category. Do not report heat pumps or window and wall type room air conditioners.
Split System – Central Air Conditioners: Report as air conditioning condensing units. Report only those units which are intended for air conditioning purposes and will be installed remotely from the evaporator and require field connection of refrigerant lines. Report capacity and efficiency of air conditioning condensing units based on the designed testing combination (DTC) or catalog. Include non-ducted units. Do not report window and wall type room air conditioners.
Air-Source Heat Pumps
Package Heat Pumps — Air Cooled: Report as single package heat pumps with the provision for electric, hot water, steam or gas heat (Dual Fuel), factory-made assemblies of one or more evaporator fans, evaporator coil, and condensing units having means for air cooling, heating, cleaning, dehumidification, and forced air circulation through a duct system and which may also have means for humidifying and control of temperature, with provision for modifying the performance so that either heating or cooling and dehumidification may be produced. Report, in this category, only those units that are assembled or are designed to be assembled in a single unit (within a single factory-made enclosure). Include units both indoor and outdoor. Include single package (air cooled heat pumps) roof top units in this category.
Do not report window and wall type room air conditioners.
Split Heat Pumps — Air Cooled: Report as split systems heat pumps units. Report only those units which are intended for heat pump purposes and will be installed remotely from the indoor coil, air handler, or fan coil and require field connection of refrigerant lines. Report capacity and efficiency of heat pump units based on the designed testing combination (DTC) or catalog. Include non-ducted units. Do not report window and wall type room air conditioners.
U.S. Manufacturers’ Shipments of Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps
by BTUH
