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Hats off to Willis Carrier – the first King of Cool! A
s I write this – in the middle of a heatwave – and having just snapped up the last
desk fan in my local Argos – I started wondering about air conditioning and how it all began. With temperatures nudging 34C, and health warnings being issued by the Met Office, I have to take my metaphorical hat off to one Willis Carrier, of Buffalo, New York, who is said to be the man who invented air conditioning. While working for the Buffalo Forge
Company, in 1902, he started experimenting with air conditioning to resolve an application problem for the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company in Brooklyn, New York. Carrier’s solution was aimed at improving manufacturing process control at the printers – controlling both the temperature and humidity. And so the first air conditioner, designed and built by Carrier, was born and it began working in July 1902. Carrier used his knowledge of the heating of objects with steam and reversed the process. Instead of sending air through hot coils, he sent it through cold coils (filled with cold water). The air was cooled, and the amount of moisture in the air could be controlled, which made humidity controllable.
NEWS
5 INDUSTRY NEWS Market and industry update
12 INSTALLATION NEWS Putting ideas into practice. Also see page 22.
16 ADVERTISER’S ANNOUNCEMENT HellermannTyton introduces FlexTack
REGULARS
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10 COVER STORY 15 MARKET REPORT 34 EIC UPDATE 37 PRODUCT FINDER 40 RECRUITMENT 41 BUYERS GUIDE
The controlled temperature and humidity helped maintain consistent paper dimensions and ink alignment. These days, occupant comfort is high on the agenda for many building owners, with ‘wellness’ becoming something of a buzzword. But the idea isn’t new. Willis Carrier's technology was applied to increase productivity in the workplace, and The Carrier Air Conditioning Company of America was formed to meet rising demand. Over time, air conditioning became a
feature of homes, cars and commercial buildings. However, the term ‘air conditioning’ was not coined by Carrier, but by a Stuart W Cramer of Charlotte, who was exploring ways to add moisture to the air in his textile mill. With global temperatures on the rise, air
conditioning is destined to become an even bigger feature of our lives. And it’s an investment that many will be thinking about making on the back of this summer’s heatwave. Enjoy this month’s issue.
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