Air
The Environmental Protection Agency describes the air in our homes and businesses as more polluted than the air outdoors. Our Indoor Air Quality is generally three times worse than outside air. In some cases, much worse! Indoor air quality is inaccurately referred to as “dust”. Certainly dust particles are part of the air pollution we filter with our lungs. In fact, particles of dust, pollen and dander amount to about 35% of the air contaminants that cause allergies according to the more »
Dr. John Gorrie came up with an idea to circulate air over ice, helping cool a patient’s room. This practice was in use during the late 1800s, when President Garfield was in ill health, when an ice contraption lowered room temperature by 20 degrees. In the early 1920s, Willis Carrier invented air conditioning units similar to modern models. Air conditioning is an invention many people take for granted, but one that is very important in both homes and businesses. A more »
