Popsicle

Wouldn't you think that a brand new building the likes of our library would be able to control the temperature of the air inside? We are usually cold in the winter, especially when the outside temps are single digits. But I in particular am absolutely freezing in the summer. I suspect my office is the coldest place on campus including the freezers in the dining hall. I wear sweaters and cover up in blankets, and make all kinds of excuses to leave my deep freeze and be out in the main part of the building where is it even a bit muggy, but certainly not frigid!

What is even more surprising, my constant remarks in the winter are about how the baseboard heating units never come on even on the coldest of days. But TODAY - with the outside temperatures in the high 80's, the darn baseboard heat nearest the reference desk is pinging and complaining. I put my hand on the metal side and nearly burned my palm. That's just downright crazy.

We need more engineers who can create a controllable and simple system of HVAC so that I am not encountering some twilight zone temperature while trying my best to focus on my job. Not that I am complaining because I am very grateful for my job. It just seems that a LEEP building that is so environmentally aware ought not to be wasting resources, especially these days.