Next year, the American portable air conditioning market turns 30 years old. Judging by the state of the market today, a lot has transpired since those early days.
The evolution of an industry and its impact on society often make an interesting study. Take portable air conditioning: Introduced to America in 1983 by Denso, a Japanese manufacturer of automotive products, portable air conditioning was first designed to cool workers on the assembly line.
Any competent a/c or mechanical contractor can provide a cooling system for a typical building. They size the equipment for the load and install a duct system for adequate air distribution. But whom do you call when your structure has specific requirements and does not resemble anything you have ever cooled before?
Photos from the 2013 ACCA Conference & IE3 Expo in Orlando, Fla.
Podcasts
Cade Clark, assistant vice president of government affairs for the Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), gives a brief overview of the new version of the Shaheen-Portman bill, what AHRI thinks of the energy-efficiency legislation, and how it might affect the HVACR industry if it becomes law.
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