Air Conditioning

Comfort air conditioning makes the process of deep plan Buildings feasible (a deep plan building is where the horizontal distance from an external wall is far greater than the floor to floor height, deep plan building is a method that makes more efficient use of the given area.). A building without air conditioning must be built narrower or with light wells so the inner space will receive sufficient outdoor air, otherwise known as natural ventilation. With the use of air conditioning, buildings can be taller as wind speeds increase significantly, making natural ventilation unsafe and impractical for very tall buildings. Comfort applications for various buildings are different and may be categorized as one of the following:

1)      A Low-Rise Residential building, including family houses, duplexes and small apartment buildings.

2)      A High-Rise Residential building, such as dormitories and apartment blocks.

3)      A Commercial building, built for commerce, such as offices, malls, shopping centres and restaurants etc.

4)      An Institutional building, such as hospitals, governmental buildings, academic buildings etc.

5)      Industrial buildings/ spaces where the thermal comfort of workers is desired.

Air conditioning is not only used in buildings, it is also used widely in a variety of transportation such as Vehicles, Ships, Trains, Aircraft and Spacecraft.

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