Word: computerize
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The Honeywell Delta 2500 computer is located in the University's chilled water plant, nestled underground in the rear of the science center. The computer, used as a sort of alarm system, is tied into localized sensing systems, called points, in various classrooms, office buildings, laboratories and dormitories. An "alarm...
The computer regulates the temperatures in specific areas like the library and the second floor of Eliot House, says Mark. About 420 points in Holyoke Center alone are regulated by the Delta 2500, he adds.
Serious effort is made at regulating environments in Harvard buildings, but when something goes wrong, it is not usually because the computer has made a mistake, but rather because of a local console misfunction, if the building is on the Delta system, Mark says.
MIT also has a computer system regulating indoor environments, Mark says. Visitors from all over the country come to investigate the Harvard Delta 2500, which is manned 24 hours a day, he adds.
A visitor to the computer control room has to walk by gargantuan blue and green pipes of the chilled water plant, another part of Harvard's often confusing energy program. The chilled water plant was built about six years ago, along with the Science Center. The plant pumps water at...