Clean, Cool Air: Health and Air-Conditioning in India (1920s–1960s).
When these imported Frigidaire and Carrier air-conditioning units made their debut in India, marketed exclusively by European trading firms like Volkart, almost all this scientific data on the health benefits of air-conditioning was seamlessly transferred (Figure 3). Many high-end air-conditioning i...
| Published in: | Journal of Architectural Education Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 133 - 138 |
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Spring2022
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