Invention and Implementation of the Air Conditioning
- Date Range
- 1902 – 1950
- Title
- Invention and Implementation of the Air Conditioning
- What occurred
- The idea of air conditioning was created by Willis Carrier, it started with the need to cool down printers for the ease of producing newspapers. From this invention even more complex models of air conditioning that could be used to keep larger spaces cool started to come about. As these came about people were not the most accepting at first but once they began to realize the possible benefits of having air conditioning it became a marketable product. Post war, the 1950s was the boom of popularity of having air conditioning in homes. This revolution of homes became so prevalent that now homes are more likely to have air conditioning than garages. This invention of the air conditioning competed with the solar home and eventually won the race allowing for the U.S to be the only place that uses air conditioning at such a high level, the amount of energy used for air conditioning here is greater than anywhere else. Though solar energy may have been more environmentally friendly in the economic race it lost.
- Location
- 137 S 8th st. Brooklyn, New York
- Image Citation
- Shah, Haleema. “The Unexpected History of the Air Conditioner.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 24 June 2019, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/unexpected-history-air-conditioner-180972108/.
- Student name(s)
- Olivia Bruursema