Monday 26 January 2009

Air Quality in LRC

Most of the times in the library areas air is very stuffy and it is really hot, which makes it unpleasant place to be in. Today 20.1.09 there is the same problem in the Social learning area.
My suggestion would be to pay more attention to these issues, perhaps monitor them more closely and when necessary adjust the air conditioning, timely because as I have found out today, staff has requested that to be done but no action still seems to be taken.

Thank you for your comments. The University is aware that there are occasions when the air quality in the LRC suffers from over heating. This is mainly due to the size of the building. Heating such a large open space takes a long time so any adjustments to thermostats takes a while to be effective on the over all temperature.
The LRC does not have any air-conditioning and due to the negative carbon footprint of introducing any this will not be on any future plans for the building. The Social Learning Space does have an air circulation system that helps keep the air quality good in that space. if you notice any discomfort please report it to the level 1 Customer Service Desk so that an adjustment may be requested. Unfortunately if this is after 5pm this will not be acted on immediately as the staff do not cover out of office hours.
This coupled with the fact that January temperatures have fluctuated so dramatically over the course of 3 weeks its not surprising that the heating system is over compensating. Hopefully this will settle down in the next few weeks.