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Willis Carrier: The Father of the Air Conditioner. The first modern air conditioner was invented in 1902 by Willis Haviland Carrier, a skilled engineer who began experimenting with the laws of humidity control to solve an application problem at a printing plant in Brooklyn, NY.
Air conditioners do cause some harm for the environment, mainly through energy use and CFCs. If not properly maintained can cause have some negative health effects as well. Air conditioners use energy, and energy comes from power plants. Power plants are known for the pollutants that the release into the air (mercury and CO2 among them.) Air conditioners also contain CFC's and HCFCs (the cooling agents inside your AC.) These cooling agents are what's punching holes in our ozone layer.