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The art of temperature
Sometimes the Fishbowl feels like a
sauna, and sometimes the Mason Hall
classrooms feel like freezers. But if
you've ever wondered who controls the
thermostats around Angell Hall, you're
not alone.
The Angell Hall thermostats can be
adjusted by almost anyone who is using
the building's facilities, although it is not
recommended to fiddle around with the
thermostats, according to Jim Almashy,
an energy engineer in the College of Lit-
erature, Science and the Arts.
"Thermostats in offices andclassrooms
do not respond in the same way they do at
home," Almashy wrote in an e-mail inter-
view. "It may take an hour to change the
temperature two degrees in a large class-
room".
He added that LSA controls the spe-
cific temperatures at which its buildings
should be kept.
"Ideally, LSA wouldlike all thermostats
to be set at 74 degrees in the summer and
68 degrees in the winter," Almashy wrote.
"As the LSA EnergyfEngineer, I try to visit
all classrooms, offices, and common areas
twice a year makingthis adjustment."
Almashy said this temperature range
is consistent with practices at other uni-
versities and complies with the Univer-
sity's Planet Blue Program, which was
launched in Fall 2008 and is designed to
increase energy efficiency.
"When that program is complete, LSA
might consider mandatingthe above tem-
perature settings," Almashy wrote.
Though temperatures' generally stay
within a certain range, Almashy added
that common areas are usually kept cool-
er than the rest ofthe building inthe win-
ter and warmer in the summer.
To regulate the change inbuildingtem-
peratures, Almashy said part of his job is
to "review classroom schedules, as well
as office schedules, and turn off heating,
ventilating, air conditioning, and exhaust
systems when buildings are unoccupied."
The reason students sometimes feel
like the rooms in Angell Hall, especially
the Fishbowl, are too warm is due to
the unusual warm days in the middle of
spring or fall, accordingto Almashy.
"The Plant (Operations) cannot just
turn large air conditioning systems on
and off for a day," he wrote. "It typically
takes a team of skilled trade Plant employ-
ees weeks to fill the chilled water air con-
ditioning systems and ready them for
operation during the spring, and equally
as longto drain them in the fall."
Almashy said states' varied weather
and temperature patterns make this espe-
cially difficult.
"Turning these systems on too soon
in the spring or running them too long
in the fall could result in catastrophic
failures if temperatures drop below
freezing for any length of time," he JDMOCH/Daiy
wrote. "And that's a real possibility in Oneof many thermostats in Angell Hall The
Michigan." thermostats are controlled by the LSA energy
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CRIME NOTES
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Student falls off Laptop swiped Ethics in
ladder, hurts from Grad careers p;
SAPAC film
anel screening
ankle
WHERE: East Quadrangle
Residence Hall
WHEN: Monday at about 4:20
p.m.
WHAT: A subject fell off of
a ladder in her residence hall
room, University Police report-
ed. She injured her ankle.
WHERE: Harlan Hatcher
Graduate Library
WHEN: Monday atabout
4:30p.m.
WHAT: A Hewlett-Packard
laptop was stolen from the
graduate library, University
Police reported. The laptop was
left unattended for five minutes
on the fourth floor.
Skateboarders DPS responds
given warning to fire alarm at
near Union Courtyard
WHAT: A panel discussion
on the ethical challenges in
careers like medicine, law and
government. Panelists include
James Cameron, managing
partner of Dykema Law Firm
and Hobart Lee, house officer
and chief resident at the UM
Medical School.
WHO: LSA-SG Honor Council
WHEN: Today at 7 a.m.
WHERE: Annenberg Audito-
rium, Weill Hall
Talk on
architecture
WHAT: Brad Cloepfil, the
architectof the UMMA reno-
vation will give a talk on the
projects of his firm, Allied
Works Architecture.
WHO: UMMA
WHEN: Today at 5 p.m.
WHERE: Helmut Stern
Auditorium, Museum of Art
WHAT: A screening of a film
created by SAPAC called, "A
Common Voice: Sexual and
Intimate Partner Violence on
Campus." The movie features
interviews with survivors on
campus.
WHO: University Unions
Arts and Programs
WHEN: Tonight at6 p.m.
WHERE: Ballroom, Univer-
sity Unions
Bible study
WHAT: Rev. Mark J. Lyons
will lead a Bible study as part
of Mustard Seed Christian
Campus Forum.
WHO: Black Student Union
WHEN: Tonight at 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: MSA Chambers,
The Michigan Union
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Byron Shane Carpenter, a
defendant in a fatal New
Mexico drunk driving case
published a fake obituary for
himself, United Press Interna-
tional reported. U.S. Marshals
found Carpenter hiding under
a pile of rocks.
Both the CCRB and the
NCRB were built in 1976
and neither have under-
gone major renovations since
being built.
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The British Government is
training operators of pro-
Western websites in search
engine optimization, Fox News
reported. If the program goes as
planned, when the word "jihad"
is typed into Google pro-Western
sites will be atthe top of the list.
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WHERE: Michigan Union
WHEN: Monday at about 4:30
p.m.
WHAT: Skateboarders who
were skating near the con-
struction area close to the
Union were given a verbal
warning, University Police
reported.
WHERE: 1655 Plymouth Rd.
WHEN: Monday at about 9:40
p.m.
WHAT: A DPS unit assisted
Ann Arbor Police at the Court-
yard Apartments, University
Police reported. A fire alarm
went off and strobes were flash-
ing, but there was no fire.
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