More construction, inconvenience
Old A/C cooling towers will be removed to be replaced with more efficient ones
Paige L. Jinbo
Issue date: 2/8/10 Section: News
One of the three air conditioning cooling towers in 'Iliahi is being replaced.
Last week the tower was removed. Shortly after, faculty members in 'Iliahi received an e-mail informing them that the A/C would be shut down on the bottom floor classrooms of the building. The e-mail instructed them to open the doors and windows and switch ceiling fans on to compensate for the lack of A/C.
"That e-mail was too much; it was beyond what we could deal with," Hara said. Hara was 1 of 11 instructors who protested the A/C shut off.
There are 10 A/C cooling towers on campus - three at 'Ilima, another three at 'Iliahi and four at Kauila -and eventually they will all be replaced by more efficient towers.
According to Milton Higa, vice chancellor of administrative services, one of the goals of this project is to consolidate the number of towers. Upon completion there will only be four towers.
Replacing the A/C towers has been on the docket for more than a year.
"The idea is to try and replace these things before they break," Kashiwada said. "The units were getting old and decrepit."
While replacing the towers may seem simple in theory - unearth it and install a new one - it's complicated and will require a lot of work. This project is scheduled to be complete in May.
Contractors have already started digging trenches in back of 'Ilima and 'Iliahi in order to re-pipe the existing pipes underneath the ground. By consolidating the towers, the pipes to each existing A/C unit must be rerouted.
Currently, there are A/C units in each of the rooms in 'Iliahi, 'Ilima and Kauila. The A/C towers produces the cold water that circulates through the pipes to each unit.
The towers are also being removed from Kauila during this time.
"It's unfortunate that we have two projects going on at once, that students and faculty are subjected to this A/C project," said Sandra Maeda, Auxiliary Services officer. "These projects are actually not supposed to overlap, but we can't hold off the contractors."
Last week the tower was removed. Shortly after, faculty members in 'Iliahi received an e-mail informing them that the A/C would be shut down on the bottom floor classrooms of the building. The e-mail instructed them to open the doors and windows and switch ceiling fans on to compensate for the lack of A/C.
"That e-mail was too much; it was beyond what we could deal with," Hara said. Hara was 1 of 11 instructors who protested the A/C shut off.
There are 10 A/C cooling towers on campus - three at 'Ilima, another three at 'Iliahi and four at Kauila -and eventually they will all be replaced by more efficient towers.
According to Milton Higa, vice chancellor of administrative services, one of the goals of this project is to consolidate the number of towers. Upon completion there will only be four towers.
Replacing the A/C towers has been on the docket for more than a year.
"The idea is to try and replace these things before they break," Kashiwada said. "The units were getting old and decrepit."
While replacing the towers may seem simple in theory - unearth it and install a new one - it's complicated and will require a lot of work. This project is scheduled to be complete in May.
Contractors have already started digging trenches in back of 'Ilima and 'Iliahi in order to re-pipe the existing pipes underneath the ground. By consolidating the towers, the pipes to each existing A/C unit must be rerouted.
Currently, there are A/C units in each of the rooms in 'Iliahi, 'Ilima and Kauila. The A/C towers produces the cold water that circulates through the pipes to each unit.
The towers are also being removed from Kauila during this time.
"It's unfortunate that we have two projects going on at once, that students and faculty are subjected to this A/C project," said Sandra Maeda, Auxiliary Services officer. "These projects are actually not supposed to overlap, but we can't hold off the contractors."
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