<P> In 1902 , the first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Carrier in Buffalo , New York . After graduating from Cornell University , Carrier found a job at the Buffalo Forge Company . While there , he began experimenting with air conditioning as a way to solve an application problem for the Sackett - Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company in Brooklyn , New York . The first air conditioner , designed and built in Buffalo by Carrier , began working on 17 July 1902 . </P>
<P> In 1902 , the first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Carrier in Buffalo , New York . After graduating from Cornell University , Carrier found a job at the Buffalo Forge Company . While there , he began experimenting with air conditioning as a way to solve an application problem for the Sackett - Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company in Brooklyn , New York . The first air conditioner , designed and built in Buffalo by Carrier , began working on 17 July 1902 . </P>
who is regarded as the inventor of the air conditioner
who is regarded as the inventor of the air conditioner
Willis Carrier
Willis Carrier