Carrier -- Keeping the World Cool — Transcript

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1. 0:07it's not easy to imagine a world without
2. 0:09cool but such a place existed just 110
3. 0:13years ago until a young engineer named
4. 0:16willis havilland carrier invented modern
5. 0:18air conditioning
6. 0:20while many think of it as a means of
7. 0:22staying cool at home work and on the go
8. 0:25air conditioning was created with a much
9. 0:27different purpose in mind and it would
10. 0:30change the world in ways most never
11. 0:32thought possible
12. 0:33on july 17 1902 willa's carrier
13. 0:37finalized the design to solve a humidity
14. 0:40problem plaguing a printing plant in
15. 0:41brooklyn new york
16. 0:43from these humble beginnings modern air
17. 0:45conditioning was born
18. 0:48willis carrier went on to launch a
19. 0:50company and became one of the first
20. 0:52entrepreneurs to take his business
21. 0:54global
22. 0:55and as carrier's reach expanded so too
23. 0:58did the influence of modern air
24. 0:59conditioning on countless facets of life
25. 1:01and business around the world including
26. 1:03printing manufacturing healthcare and
27. 1:06more
28. 1:07the invention even revolutionized the
29. 1:09movie industry by transforming theaters
30. 1:12into enjoyable places to escape the
31. 1:14summer heat
32. 1:15today carrier technology continues to
33. 1:18play a role in everything from high-tech
34. 1:20computing and historical preservation to
35. 1:22food transportation and human
36. 1:24productivity it is especially critical
37. 1:27in cooling the data centers that power
38. 1:29the networks supporting the internet and
39. 1:31driving our global economy
40. 1:34while the influence of air conditioning
41. 1:35has expanded greatly over the last
42. 1:37century carrier has never strayed from a
43. 1:40commitment to sustainability we have
44. 1:42served as a founding member of green
45. 1:44building councils around the globe
46. 1:46pioneered the use of natural
47. 1:48refrigerants developed environmentally
48. 1:50responsible technologies and led the way
49. 1:53in green building education and training
50. 1:56willis carrier's invention and the
51. 1:58company that was built around it enabled
52. 2:00countless industries improved lives and
53. 2:03forever changed our world an impact made
54. 2:06possible by a man who dared to dream big