PHCC’s Legislative Conference coincided with Air-Conditioning Heating and Refrigeration Institute’s (AHRI) Policy Forum and Heating Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International’s (HARDI) Congressional fly-in. This was the second consecutive year the entire industry was present in Washington, D.C.

In February, Standards Development Organizations review end-of-year activities. Energy, water systems, refrigerants, and products had a lot of activity in 2023. See lists for new, revised, or reaffirmed standards, standards in development, and withdrawn standards.

Equipment shipment data courtesy of the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI).

A shipment is defined as when a unit transfers ownership; a consignment is not a transfer of ownership. 

Industry data are aggregated from the information supplied by AHRI member companies.

Residential storage water heater shipments increase 14.6% in September

The motion would allow AHRI to participate in all relevant discussions, advocate for stakeholders in federal rulemakings.

Industry data is aggregated from the information supplied by AHRI member companies that participate in the statistics program and could be subject to revision.

Industry data is aggregated from the information supplied by AHRI member companies that participate in the statistics program.

Have a look at the rating tables for most finned-tube baseboard sold in North America and chances are you’ll see a footnote under the table that reads something like this: “Ratings are based on active fin length and include 15% heating effect factor.”