Thursday, February 19, 2009

heat

The University is all about their image these days. They are doing things like talking about how awesome our programs our to now requiring that all new building construction MUST be LEED certified. Wow, that's all good and stuff. Even the new geothermal heating that they will be switching to is great. But with all this, when the hell are they going to turn off or even down the heat. I go into a classroom and I swear it's like 80 degrees... What the hell!? People create heat. It's a proven fact. The average person, while sedentary, I believe creates about 600 BTUs/hr... Yeah Yeah, what the hell does that mean. Well basically, we are essentially a small heater inside of the heated classroom. Does it make sense to overheat a room when you will be introducing more heat into it? This new saving energy things BSU is getting into is...well, cool but you need to reduce the current waste as well. What if you heated them to maybe 68 or 70. That would be fine, everyone should be comfortable in those temperatures. If not, wear more clothes? There is always that option.
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  1. Curtis ClockFebruary 19, 2009 at 5:06 PM

    Lol your just complaining because you have to sit by one in studio for hours and hours and hours...hahahaha. Anyways I do agree with you Lafollette is like a freaking furnace in the classrooms in the basement.

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  2. RachelFebruary 19, 2009 at 6:46 PM

    I'm with you on this. You know what else overheated rooms makes for? Sweaty, sleepy people!! which is the last thing you want in a small classroom, eh?? Obviously, we're fightin' the system here.

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