[Staff] [Board] UUCB Heating System

Sat Mar 23 18:08:33 EDT 2024

Yes, I also agree.

On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 5:54 PM Karen via Board <board at uubinghamton.org>
wrote:

> I agree with removing the signs.
>
> Karen[image: :-)]
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> *Karen Manzer*
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> On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 01:51:14 PM EDT, Carolyn Greenstrom <
> csg349 at nyu.edu> wrote:
>
>
> I think removing and storing the signs is a good plan.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 23, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Shawn Steketee via Board <
> board at uubinghamton.org> wrote:
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>  I have no objection to temporarily storing the signs.
>
> Shawn
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> Pronouns she/her/hers
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> On Saturday, March 23, 2024, 1:23 PM, Tim Wolcott via Board <
> board at uubinghamton.org> wrote:
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> Wes,
>
> I do not object to storing the signs temporarily.
>
> Tim
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> On Mar 23, 2024, at 11:55 AM, Wes Ernsberger via Board <
> board at uubinghamton.org> wrote:
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> 
> Hi Emily,
>
> Thanks for your questions.
>
> Drainage:  I have studied the situation several times and concluded that
> all the water that goes over the back parking lot from the discharge well
> seems to be soaking into the ground at the south edge where the bank
> starts, so long as the ground is not frozen.  So I don't think we need to
> do anything there.  From studying the pitch of the parking lot surface, I'm
> convinced that the puddle that forms in front of the visitor signs and the
> puddle that forms in the connector to the Guthrie lot are separate drainage
> problems that are unrelated to the overtopping of the discharge well.  In
> the short term, they may benefit from additional ditches or better clearing
> the existing ones .. but probably not much.  There needs to be a larger
> scale project to deal with those and I think Guthrie needs to be involved.
> Carl is our rep to Guthrie and he is aware of this problem.
>
> Visitor signs:  As you know, I think those signs should be removed until
> the drainage problem has been resolved.  However, that is just my opinion.
> I think we need to have a reasonable amount of consensus before we remove
> them:  *All:  Does anyone object to our temporarily removing those signs?*
>  One variation on this is to move the signs elsewhere but that takes up
> parking spaces and is a fair amount of work to do.  So my vote is to simply
> take them out and store them in the shed.
>
> Wes
>
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 10:20 AM Hotchkiss-Plowe Family <
> hotchkiss.plowe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wes,
>
> Is any additional ditch digging required to help with the excess overflow?
>
> Also, are we planning on removing the First Sunday Visitor Parking signs
> as was suggested? Is assistance needed?
>
> Ben and/or I can help as needed, just don’t want to do things without
> consultation.
>
> Emily
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 22, 2024, at 8:24 PM, Wes Ernsberger via Board <
> board at uubinghamton.org> wrote:
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> 
> Update: I've switched us back to the GSHP system a bit quicker than I had
> expected because the backup system stopped working.  That means that the
> overtopping of the discharge well is back.  We can work on the backup
> system starting Tuesday when Ed gets back home.  Meanwhile, looking at the
> weather forecast, I believe we'll be ok although there may be some ice
> forming on the back parking lot on some mornings, melting later in the day.
>
> Wes
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 7:46 AM Wes Ernsberger <wesernsberger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> FYI, the GSHP discharge well (near the bottom of the steps to the back
> parking lot) overtopped again yesterday, resulting in water flowing over
> the back parking lot.  I talked it over with Ed and Scott.  Since there is
> below-freezing weather coming up and we don't want ice to form on the back
> parking lot and become a potential safety hazard, we decided to switch to
> the backup system, which I did yesterday evening.
>
> Note: We continue to use the GSHP system to heat the Fireside Lobby and
> the Chapel because those areas are not covered by the backup system.  The
> amount of water used for just this area is small enough that the discharge
> well can handle it and it doesn't overtop.
>
> We don't use the backup system much so there may be uneven heating in some
> of the rooms. Feel free to adjust the temperatures on the old system
> thermostats, as necessary, and also feel free to contact me
> about anything.  If you adjust the temperatures, be sure to use HOLD so
> that it won't revert back to its program (of 60 degrees) at the start of
> the next setback time period.
>
> I have notified Dailey Geothermal, our installer.  Until this problem is
> resolved, my plan is to go back to the GSHP system once we get warmer
> weather because then there is no freezing issue in case it overtops again.
> We would just get some water on the back parking lot.
>
> Wes
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