Ductless Demand Takes Off as People Spend More Time at Home

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Residential ductless systems are in the perfect environment for growth.Activities have shifted to people's homes, increasing their need to control comfort in different rooms.Governments are pushing a move toward electrification.And manufacturers are promoting a wider array of products than ever.Jeff Wagner, owner of Jansen Heating, Air Conditioning and Electrical in Freeport, Illinois, has seen a 200% increase in requests for quotes on ductless units.In mid-April, he had a backlog of 12 systems to install.That was despite the latest snowfall in eight years."For this time of year, that's very, very unusual," Wagner said.Wagner is not alone.Tom Carney, director of sales for Halcyon at Fujitsu General America, sums up the demand for residential ductless in three words: "off the charts." Carney points to data from HARDI that shows double-digital growth in sales for January and February.Terry Frisenda, executive construction sales manager at LG Air Conditioning Technologies, cites data from AHRI that shows the residential ductless market has grown by 31.1% through February 2021, and ductless unit shipments have almost doubled since 2018.