Thermal comfort can be defined as a subjective response, or state of mind, when a person expresses satisfaction with the surrounding environment (ASHRAE Standard 55). The environment must provide light, air, and thermal comfort. Proper acoustics and hygiene are also important for physical comfort.

By keeping our products designed, engineered, and assembled in the U.S.A., Goodman, manufacturer of Direct Comfort™ HVAC products, strives to give our customers the benefit of: Providing jobs in the United States. Harnessing the innovation and productivity of American workers.

HVAC comfort zones are areas within a structure that you can set to a specific temperature, independent of the other. They ensure that all occupants feel optimal comfort with minimal energy consumption.

So the answer to this question is: although the term “air conditioning” describes two different types of cooling, it has long since become synonymous with comfort cooling in everyday speech. In that regard, comfort cooling is indeed the same as air conditioning.