Willis Haviland Carrier designed and launched the first-ever air conditioning system in July 1902. For its time, it was an absolutely revolutionary innovation in technology that fundamentally changed ...

Most people nowadays heavily rely on air conditioning for comfort. As reported by the U.S. Department of Energy, about 88% of American homes have air conditioning, with 66% of them using central ...

For more than a century, air conditioning (A/C) has been more than a luxury—it's been a catalyst for change, shaping how and where we live. Beginning with Willis Carrier's invention in 1902, air ...

California is currently the biggest market for this technology because the grid there uses a lot of solar power during the day but switches to polluting energy sources such as natural gas after the ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with MIT Technology Review climate and energy reporter Casey Crownhart about her latest reporting on innovations in air conditioning technology. SUMMERS: Air conditioning can ...

A new type of energy efficient, ecologically sustainable cooling technology that does not require the use of climate-damaging refrigerants is currently being developed by Professor Stefan Seelecke and ...

It’s getting harder and harder to beat the summer heat. Across the globe, temperatures are rising. While global temperatures have risen about .14 degrees per decade over the last 140 years, the ...

When did indoor air become cold and clean? Air conditioning is one of those inventions that have become so ubiquitous that many in the developed world don’t even realize that less than a century ago, ...

Brad Everly and Lane Ivester, air conditioning technology instructors at North Georgia Technical College, are both graduates of the college's air conditioning technology program, so they know ...

Military veterans who are students in the College of Southern Nevada’s air conditioning technology program will soon benefit from funds that were donated to the college. Kenneth D. Goodrich, a local ...

Fewer than 10% of European homes have an air conditioner, but rising temperatures are pushing more people to adopt the emissions-heavy technology. Europe is sweltering in record-breaking temperatures ...

Every night some 74,000 gallons (280,000 liters) of water are frozen at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital used to get all of its air conditioning from a conventional system ...