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    December Heating and Cooling Equipment Shipments

    Written by Brett Linton


    December heating and cooling equipment shipments came in at 1.61 million units, up 0.6 percent from the same month one year ago, according to recent data from the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). This is the second consecutive month that total shipments have increased on a year-over-year basis.

    Residential and commercial storage water heater shipments rose 0.7 percent year over year to a combined 808,023 units; 788,606 units were shipped for residential use and 19,417 units for commercial use.

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