Window units were available, but by 1965, according to Carrier, only one out of 10 U.S. homes had central air.
Under the plan by Mr. Baron and the city, the development would include community swimming pools and apartments with central air.
Positioned centrally on the center console is a 10.2-inch touchscreen that is framed by an aluminum surround and central air vents.
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Central air, music, and temperature can be controlled from a specialized iPad.
Not central air-conditioning, mind you, but window units that one could leave off if the idea of being comfortable in summer were despicable.
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Heating and cooling experts say central air-conditioning systems should be serviced annually to remove dirt, change filters and check the level of Freon, a refrigerant.
They added central air-conditioning, a wood-burning furnace and a second bathroom.
There is one huge glitch in the cabin, however: The left-central air vent is situated asymmetrically in the dash, crowded to the right by the instrument binnacle.
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It doesn't hurt that the rooms have central air-conditioning, and you can always retreat to the spa, which offers two treatment areas overlooking the wild, sandy terrain.
There's an upside to all this: As you know, the name New York City is Dutch for "No Central Air, " and that makes window air conditioners the great leveler.
We talk about putting in central air every year.
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The former have long griped about the overstock of shabby Class B buildings, where floors are crowded with columns and cramped by low ceilings, and where even basic central air conditioning has to be installed.
China's central Air Force Command sent two reconnaissance planes from Beijing to take aerial photographs of the area, state media said, adding that 2, 600 soldiers from the People's Armed Police had already arrived in six towns in the quake zone.
Inmates - or rather 'guests', as the Dubai prison chief has insisted they should be called - will be housed in double rooms with "televisions, proper toilets, central air conditioning and other top class facilities", prison chief Brigadier Abbas Ali told the BBC.
You could be driving home from the office on a hot summer day and with a simple tweet or post to Facebook, you are able to turn on the central air conditioning in your home to ensure a comfortable 72 degrees when you arrive back.
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Video recorders, central heating and air conditioning controls could be affected.
While most people support the principles of environmental protection, few would want to go back to the 18th century, living without electricity, central heating, air travel and automobiles, all of which rely primarily on hydrocarbons to function.
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The whole event, from the meteor's atmospheric entry to its disintegration in the air above central Russia, took 32.5 seconds, NASA said.
But documents that were declassified in the 1990s showed Mr. Powers's flight had been a joint Central Intelligence Agency-Air Force mission, making him eligible for military medals.
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Rumsfeld was returning from a visit to Central Command headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, when he commented to reporters.
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The tripartite lower grille comprises a blacked-out central portion flanked by large air intakes with upper and lower aero-blades, for extra awesomeness, I suppose.
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Central European time from Manching Air Base and climbed to a ceiling of 54, 000 feet within military controlled airspace, far above and at a safe distance from civilian air traffic.
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Many famous performers play modern violins alongside their old masters, not least because they are often more resistant to the rigours of air travel and central heating, but also because they may be more suitable for certain kinds of music.
Plants release moisture into the air alleviating the dry atmosphere generated by air-conditioning and central heating units, as well as computers.
He flies an A-10 Warthog out of a forward air base in south central Iraq and has just come back from a mission over Baghdad.
By sucking 55-degree heat out of the ground and concentrating it, the heat pump is able to deliver 110-degree heat into the warm air ducts of a central heating system.
But developers also would have to pay for the right to build big: either by purchasing privately owned air rights over Grand Central Terminal or by contributing to a fund to pay for infrastructure upgrades.
At a secret office in central London, equipped with extra air conditioners to cool computer processors, 50 Crystal animators, designers and engineers have since December worked to make images that would fit the slope of the stadium and not overwhelm spectators.
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