It's Way Too Hot

The City of Boston has officially been in a heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 90-degrees for four straight days. In fact, we're beyond a heat wave because a heat wave only requires three days of temperatures in excess of 90-degrees. Typically when it gets hot, we in the Housing Services Committee end up receiving complaints from students about air conditioners not cooling well. But this heat wave, not a single student has called, e-mailed, or come to the Resident Student Association with complaints about the air conditioning in their residence hall. We have had some students complain about non-central air buildings, and the high price of air conditioner rentals. In response to those complaints an investigation was launched and the results compiled in a report.

I would like to think that the lack of complaints during this heat wave is an indication that the air conditioners are all working fine and that the HVAC team at Facilities has done a great job with maintenance and ensuring that air conditioners are working fine. Thankfully, temperatures will drop tomorrow, but it'll still be hot enough to run the air conditioner.