Word: fumings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...biochem labs, the biology labs and chemistry labs, which together consume 70 per cent of the energy used by the College--will also receive attention. In the Science Center and William James, efforts will include alterations in ventilation systems which circulate more air than necessary. In the labs, fume hoods--which are "intensely energy wasteful," according to Leahy--will be altered to become more economical. A myriad of additional renovations to these buildings and others aim at meeting Dean Rosovsky's target of a 50-per-cent reduction in fuel consumption within five years, Leahy says. If realized, the energy...
...fire began in the fume hood of a fifth-floor research lab and burned for several minutes only inches away from several cylinders of toxic gases until Sula Oguz a graduate student working in the next room, discovered...
...still fume as I recall a discussion when I was on the Hopkins faculty. An outstanding philologist was under consideration for tenure. One member of the Committee objected to her appointment on the ground that she would not be as available as other faculty members for collegial discussions because she would not be able to join the Faculty Club--from which women were excluded! Despite that troglodyte, she was appointed (and the Faculty Club was later moved to change its rules) but the very discussion brought to light the absurdity and the extent of sexism in academe...
Time may not be a problem, but money is another story. Although Leahy says precise estimates have not been determined, he adds that "we could over the next two years spend $2 million." That figure excludes expenditures for fume-hood renovations in the labs or possible House renovations. To finance the project, the Faculty--which has built a $785,000 deficit into its 1980-81 budget--would have to use reserve funds associated with particular buildings and float a loan from the Corporation...
Abernathy contends that the initial suggestions he and his group have proposed should pay for themselves with the savings they generate in the near future. Projects with longer "pay back" periods or higher costs--such as the fume hoods--may have to be shelved for the time being, he adds. More important than the renovations the Faculty commissions for its buildings, though, will be the efforts of their occupants in noticing energy inefficiencies and correcting them. Abernathy points to the short length of time necessary to carry out the energy study as proof that reducing energy consumption...