Which buildings are impacted by curtailment?
(There are three building groups identified below. If your building is not listed, please check with your department head to see whether there is a curtailment protocol for your area. )

A variety of curtailment strategies have been identified for the following General Fund buildings. These strategies could include some of the following building in part or whole: air conditioning systems temperatures increased, A/C systems cycling on/off or turned off for the duration of the curtailment, ventilation systems turned off, and/or non-essential lighting turned off.

Adler Journalism Building Art Building Art Building West Becker Communication Studies Building Biology Building East Biological Sciences Library Blank Honors Center Bowen Science Building Dental Science Building Hancher Autitorium Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Hydraulics Laboratory Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories John Pappajohn Business Building Main Library Lindquist Center North Madison Street Services Building Medical Education Building Medical Education Research Facility Nursing Building Pharmacy Building Phillips Hall Pomerantz Center Schaeffer Hall Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts & Sciences Theatre Building University Services Building Van Allen Hall Voxman Music Building University Capitol Centre

 

The following buildings are asked to voluntarily raise thermostat settings and turn off non-essential lighting, but A/C equipment is not included in the curtailment because of the size/condition of the equipment or because of the type of occupancy that is served by the A/C equipment.

• Art Museum
• Biology Building
• Boyd Law Building
• Calvin Hall
• Carver Biomedical
  Research Building
• Chemistry Building
• College of Medicine
  Administration Building
• Communications Center
• Eckstein Medical
  Research Building
• English Philosophy Building
• Fieldhouse
• Gilmore Hall
• Halsey Hall
• Jessup Hall
• Macbride Hall
• MacLean Hall
• Medical Laboratories
• Medical Research Center
• Medical Research Facility
• North Hall
• Old Capitol
• Old Music Building
• Recreation Building
• Seashore Hall
• South Quadrangle
• Spence Labs
• Trowbridge Hall
• Wendell Johnson
  Speech and Hearing Center
• Westlawn

 

 

The UI Power Plant does not provide power to the following buildings. These buildings will therefore not be included in the curtailment. Any voluntary conservation measures, however, will benefit the UI in reduced energy costs.

• Clinton Street Building
• Engineering Research Facility
• Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex
• Jefferson Building
• Mossman Business Services Building
• President's Residence
• Houses (Dey, Shambaugh,
  HPO, LNAC, etc)
• Oakdale Campus

 

 

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