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To all Tang Hall residents<br><br>
I am aware of your concerns regarding the heat issues at Tang and will be
working closely with the Dept. of Facilities to resolve them.<br><br>
Michael<br><br>
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08:34 PM 10/18/04 -0400, Ulas Ziyan wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Team,<br><br>
Here is the email I plan to send about the heating monitoring. Please
take a look. Also, take a look at the form, and let me know if there
should be anything else there, or if something should have been done
differently.<br><br>
Many thanks to Vikas for preparing the form promptly. Feel free to thank
him yourself next time you see him.<br><br>
Michael, could you let me know if something is inaccurate? I don't want
to misinform the residents.<br><br>
ulas.<br><br>
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Dear Tang Resident,<br><br>
As you know the heaters are turned on in the building as of October
13.<br><br>
Unfortunately, many of you also noticed that Tang Hall has an old heating
system that lacks the comforts of the newer ones such that<br><br>
1. Facilities can't turn off the heater one day and turn it on the next
since it damages the system. Instead, they can cut back on the power,
which may leave some apartments still too hot without windows
opened.<br><br>
2. Residents don't have control in their apartments' temperature since
there are no thermostats.<br><br>
Thus the best we can hope for is to keep the west/south side not too hot
and east/north side not too cold. That means occasionally west/south side
will be too hot and east/north side will be too cold.<br><br>
To fix this problem, we are planning to advocate for individual
thermostats for each apartment. That is an expensive transition for the
housing office and we will need some data to support our claim that the
heating system in Tang Hall is unsatisfactory.<br><br>
You can help up by monitoring your apartment's temperature and record it
using our web site. Please feel free to fill out the form as many times
as you want since the more data we collect, the better our case will
be.<br><br>
You can access the form via the quick links on Tang's website or directly
at
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/tang/www/government/feedback/heat/" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/tang/www/government/feedback/heat/</a><br><br>
I appreciate your help in collecting the data we need to advocate
individual thermostats.<br><br>
Ulas Ziyan<br>
THRA President<br><br>
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<font color="#000080">Michael Collins<br>
Manager <br>
Tang Residence Hall<br>
Westgate Apartments<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Housing Department<br>
W84-104 617-253-5146 <br>
collinsm@mit.edu<br>
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