Comments on: The Origin of Air Conditioning

By: kim

kim — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:53:43 +0000

Thats where it came from and geothermal is where it is heading.

By: txacman

txacman — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:12:00 +0000

I am too young to know what it was like to not have air conditioning. I own a air conditioning company here in austin tx. And the city is growing everyday. With out air conditioning austin would never grow.

By: Tdave

Tdave — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:44:07 +0000

Air conditioning is so cool!

(O-kay, even I am groaning at my bad pun.)

By: Melody

Melody — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:02:11 +0000

I remember my class trip to Washington D.C., in the Congress building, I think, were statues of people that made the largest impact on their state. My good ol’ home state of Florida’s choice? John Gorrie. And we all still thank him to this day…

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:21:35 +0000

Fun article. When I was about 8, we had a school assignment on our favorite invention, living in Alabama, mine was air conditioning!

By: meta

meta — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:08:00 +0000

i too work in the hvac world. i was really excited to see you do this article (a little to excited) and the one thing i have to say is that when people get hot (i work in florida mind you) they get mighty cranky like evil cranky so if your reading this and your ac breaks dont take it out on the lady who answers the to the customers she didnt screw up, the tech did. HA!

Oh and keep on rocking in the free world willis carrier you devil!

By: Kathryn B

Kathryn B — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:10:17 +0000

I work in the HVAC industry as a Mechanical Insulation Estimator/Girl Friday, & My parents own a commercial/industrial HVAC/Pl. company. I think the most interesting advances in the heating & cooling industry has happened in the past 20 years. The A/C units are not only much, much smaller, but they are tons more efficient and can condition even larger spaces, among many other technical advances. It’s also interesting that one of the largest suppliers of air handling units (AHU’s) and heating units today is Carrier. Also, it is called “conditioning” for the simple fact that it is not just cooling the air around you, but also monitoring the humidity level, therefore conditioning the space. This is why A/C units have condensate drains.

By: KJ

KJ — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:32:18 +0000

I’ve always been amused by the phrase “air conditioner”. A heater heats the air but to bring the temperature down we “condition” the air. Seems to me it should be called a “cooler” but, of course, that means something else.

reCAPTCHA: comfort Chester

by using an air conditioner!

By: Celeste M.

Celeste M. — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:09:33 +0000

I’ve spent pretty much my whole life in Florida, and I don’t know how anyone could possibly have lived here before there was A/C. We use ours probably 80% of the year. I love it here, but no way would I survive without A/C! This time of year you literally walk outside for 30 seconds, walk back in and feel like you need another shower. It’s awful.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:58:55 +0000

See also: Life before air conditioning.
mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7424