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It's getting hot in here!

Lisa Miles
Did you know that on this day in 1902 drawings for the worlds first air-conditioning system were created and submitted by Willis Carrier?

I would personally like to thank Mr Carrier for making the IET's office in Stevenage a pleasant environment to work in during this extended heatwave the UK is currently experiencing!
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    My wife recently visited my daughter who was working at the Natural History Museum, and was very aware that the old stone built part was lovely and cool, whereas the new state-of-the-art metal and glass part was uncomfortably warm - despite, presumably, having air-con chuntering away. Call me old fashioned, but stopping the heat transferring into the building in the first place does seem to work rather better! Plus, and those who know more about thermodynamics than me can help here, it does appear that the stone acts as a heat sink to conduct away heat that does get in? Particularly through the floor - I'm thinking now of my house and my mothers' house both which have Edwardian tiled hall floors which seem to be excellent for cooling in summer.  

     

    I do accept that fitting a tiled floor to a car would increase the fuel consumption so as to completely outweigh the fuel saving benefits of not having air-con. smiley And wouldn't work as it has no mass of earth to conduct to.


    Cheers, Andy
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    My wife recently visited my daughter who was working at the Natural History Museum, and was very aware that the old stone built part was lovely and cool, whereas the new state-of-the-art metal and glass part was uncomfortably warm - despite, presumably, having air-con chuntering away. Call me old fashioned, but stopping the heat transferring into the building in the first place does seem to work rather better! Plus, and those who know more about thermodynamics than me can help here, it does appear that the stone acts as a heat sink to conduct away heat that does get in? Particularly through the floor - I'm thinking now of my house and my mothers' house both which have Edwardian tiled hall floors which seem to be excellent for cooling in summer.  

     

    I do accept that fitting a tiled floor to a car would increase the fuel consumption so as to completely outweigh the fuel saving benefits of not having air-con. smiley And wouldn't work as it has no mass of earth to conduct to.


    Cheers, Andy
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