AHRI releases February 2017 U.S. equipment shipment data
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for February 2017 increased 5.5 percent to 372,724 units, up from 353,287 units shipped in February 2016. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 1.1 percent in February 2017 to 338,410 units, up from 334,638 units shipped in February 2016.
For the year-to-date, U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 3.7 percent to 732,857, compared to 706,995 shipped during that same period in 2016. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 6.1 percent year-to-date to 695,804 units, compared to 655,703 shipped during the same period in 2016.