air conditioning
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Cold In The Office? Blame The Equation Used To Set The Thermostat
If you work in an office, chances are you or the person sitting next to you has grumbled about it being too hot or cold. No one likes rugging up on a summer’s day to contend with the air-conditioning. Or having to shed one too many layers in winter to compensate for stifling heat indoors.
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We Could Have Had AC 50 Years Earlier, But The Ice Lobby Killed It
With another summer approaching you might have be thinking about the glory of your AC unit, the 100-year-old modern convenience that truly changed the way we live. But we might have felt the cool breeze of relief a half-century sooner, if an entire industry built on keeping things frozen hadn’t stopped the first air conditioner…
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How Air Conditioning Struggled To Make Its Way Into Your Home
When air conditioning first appeared — a technology initially developed for use in textile factories — it was feared by many as unhealthy. So how did it make it into so many homes?
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These Apartments Grow Their Own Air Conditioning
A newly completed 15-unit apartment building in Hamburg, Germany, is already turning heads. Although, with a facade covered in sun-tracking algae tanks, it’s hard not to stare.