When did air conditioning become common in homes?

Answer 1

The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a landmark building in building engineering services (built in 1906) and lays claim to being the first “Air conditioned Building in the World”.

Residential air conditioners began to become popular and affordable by some people in the 1950's.

Here are some interesting sites about the evolution of residential air conditioning.

Answer 2

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When did air conditioning become common in homes?

Answer 3

Carrier assembled a device that moved air over cooled pipes, sucking out moisture much as an iced drink collects dew on the outside of a glass. On July 17, 1902, he completed drawings for the world's first scientific air conditioning system. As Carrier defined it, air conditioning had four functions: to control humidity, by increasing or decreasing moisture; to control temperature, by heating or cooling the air, to control air circulation and ventilation; and to cleanse the air, by washing or filtering.

Answer 4

At present, air conditioning is become common in homes because it is require for residential and commercial use.

Answer 5

I believe it was the late 1950s, but possibly early 1960s.

Answer 6

Late to mid fifties, although still expensive. Before then, it was mostly in hotels, and movie theatres, that was one way to bring in people to the movie houses, during the summer.
I think as the prices dropped more in the sixties, they became more and more affordable and easily purchased and installed.

Answer 7

Like in the 1950s, when suburbanization was starting to occur.