The Air-Conditioning System Design Manual, second edition, is the second book in the Professional Series and is published jointly by the association and Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier. It bridges the ...

This ain't no installation tech feature (though we may get to that in the near future), but it's more an overview of air conditioning systems, how they work, why they sometimes don't work, and how to ...

After reinvigorating air conditioner compressors with digital inverters—lowering power usage and bolstering cooling—semiconductors are ready to enable intelligent air conditioning systems that can see ...

Figuring out where to squeeze central air conditioning in a century-old brownstone or townhouse can be perplexing even for the most seasoned renovators, especially when the original walls are ...

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The first air conditioning systems were created by electrical engineer Willis Carrier in 1902 to solve a problem for a printing press in Brooklyn, New York, where humidity threatened to ruin the paper ...

While air conditioning protects people from dangerous heat, it also significantly worsens global warming—by 2050, potentially ...

As summer approaches, now is the time to make sure your AC system is in good repair, so that it’s able to keep you cool through the coming months. And for those without central AC, it may be time to ...