5/31/22 Campus Wide Seasonal Building Steam Management Spring 2022

Buildings or Areas Impacted:

  • Agate Hall (gym/auditorium)
  • Cascade Annex
  • Collier House
  • Columbia Hall (Room 154)
  • Condon
  • CPFM Buildings
  • Esslinger
  • Fine Arts Studios
  • Friendly
  • Gerlinger
  • Hendricks
  • Huestis (heat exchanger HEX-3 only for fin tube radiators)
  • Lawrence (primary studios)
  • Lokey Education (East and West)
  • Mac Court (radiators only)
  • Millrace Woodshop
  • Music (radiators only)
  • Onyx Bridge (072/090, 169/170)
  • Susan Campbell
  • University Hall
  • Villard
  • Volcanology

Scope:  Starting the week of May 31st, the Mechanical shop will again implement its process for systematically deactivating the heat within steam-controlled buildings. This process can take several days depending on if any problems arise during this time.

Additional Notes:  Turning on and off the steam is very hard on the infrastructure serving our building’s mechanical systems.  Seasonal adjustments are based on the following format:

Steam is turned on in the Fall when:

  • Night-time outside air temperature is below 50 degrees for five consecutive nights
  • AND daytime temperatures are below 70 degrees for five consecutive days

Steam is turned off in the Spring when:

  • Night-time outside air temperatures are above 50 degrees for five consecutive nights
  • AND the daytime temperature is above 70 degrees for five consecutive days

Work Performed By:   Campus Planning and Facilities Management Facilities Services

ContactKyle Harshbarger, CPFM Mechanical and Plumbing Shop Manager, 541-346-5406