Wednesday. July 9, 1986
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University Daily Kansan
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Campus energy-use updated
By Evan Walter Staff writer
Sustainable conservation movement of the 1970s might have simmered down, but conservation is still a concern for the KU departments of facilities planning and facilities operations.
This summer, these departments have been replacing windows and steamlines and updating air; heating systems in old campus buildings.
In Fraser Hall, a new ventilation system has been installed that is similar to the one in Wescow. While the system is not yet completed, it is in use.
The new system uses the amount of air that is sent into the rooms. The old system distributed air in constant amounts.
The system has reduced horsepower units used, said Joe Waters, assistant director of facilities planning.
Other buildings on campus also have had their air-control systems updated.
"We combine energy conservation projects with equipment replacements," said Waters.
"We have as active a conservation program as we could have."
KU receives from $60,000 to $75,000 from the federal government for the upkeep of facilities. Waters said.
Most of the money is going into
controls or revamping ventilating systems, because that's where most of the money is consumed," he said.
Many of the older buildings on campus aren't energy-efficient. When the parts of the buildings need replacing, the University looks for replacement materials to compensate for the design of these buildings, Waters said.
"The most efficient heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems are in (Stauffer)-Flint Hall, Marvin Hall and Watson Library." Waters said. "They are all stone buildings, and with stones it's hard to insulate the walls. They're the most efficient systems, not structures."
Along with replacing ventilation systems, facilities operations and facilities planning have been replacing many of the windows and improving the insulation in the older buildings. Private contractors are responsible for the replacements, and the facility management inspection, said Richard Perkins, associate director of utilities.
"Most of the energy conservation is being done by this department." Perkins said. "We've been putting in windows, insulating the steamlines and putting in new electronic controls on the air conditioners."
Strong Hall is another inefficient building that facilities operations plans to work on. Dual-pane windows
recently have been installed in the building, Perkins said. Thermostatic control valves have been installed on the boilers to control the temperatures in the building.
Strong Hall has from 20 to 25 smart air-conditioning systems, such as window units, Waters said. Facilities that utilize the centralized and efficient system are centralized and efficient system.
in setting building temperatures, the University follows guidelines that were set by an energy committee that met last two years ago, Porkens said.
Temperatures are usually set at 68 degrees in winter and at 78 degrees in summer. Temperatures are altered for some buildings. For example, the libraries and research centers are lower temperatures, perkins said.
Motion detectors also might be added in the classrooms, Perkins said. When a person walks into a room that is equipped with a motion detector, the lights would turn on automatically, leaving the lights would go out.
Some classrooms in Blake Hall save these installed. Perkins said that eventually they would be install- ed buildings, such as Fraser and Wescoe.
"Many times I have walked through Wescoe in the middle of the day, Wesson said, "and half the people were empty and all the lights were on."
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C. J. Edwards, Grand Island, Neb., graduate student, cleans out a swimming pool at The Mallia Olde English Village apartments, 2411 Louisiana St. The excessive rain Sunday caused damage to the pool, but Edwards said the pool should be back in working condition as soon as the mud could be removed.
Student soars to head of her class
By Kristi Schroeder
Planning new ways to explore the blue skies and fly through space are dreams for many, but for one KU student they are a reality. And that reality has brought with it an honor from a national magazine.
Vicki Johnson, Lawrence graduate student, was named a Young Woman of Promise in the July issue of Good Housekeeping magazine. Johnson is working on her doctorate in aerospaces and is preparing for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Hampton, Va.
Johnson said she was chosen for the honor for a variety of reasons. As an Amelia Earhart Fellow, an award given to women in airspace studies, she was nominated by Zonta International of Chicago. Zonta is a service organization for women in business and professional positions.
"I was aware I had been nominated, and I did an interview in March with the magazine." Johnson was selected it would be out in July.
Johnson was surprised to find out she was one of 28 women chosen nationwide. She couldn't say what it was, but her out from other young women.
"Sometimes I wonder, 'Do I really deserve this?' I'm not sure it's really me they're talking about."
"Most days, I don't feel like I'm one of 28 women of promise," she said. "I'm surprised and shocked to be part of such an elite group."
What surprised Johnson most about the honor was the magazine that awarded it. She said she never expected to get her first national recognition in a publication such as Good Housekeeping.
"it's as far from where I live as you can get," she said. "I don't like to cook or clean house."
Johnson's adviser wasn't as surprised as Johnson that she had won the honor. He said he expected it.
"She's in the top 5 percent, if not the top 2 percent in what she does," said Jan Roskam, professor of aerospace engineering.
Johnson said she didn't think being one of a few females in a largely male field was a disadvantage.
Johnson said that when she first went to work for NASA the men in the office liked to tease her.
often need to tease "Now I figure out ways to tease right back." she said.
The best way to be accepted is to do what you want to do and pull your weight.
"It takes a definite personality to survive as one of the few females in this field."
Roskam said the small number of females in aerospace-related studies surreised him.
"I don't know why airplanes and aircrafts don't attract many women," he said. "It's a nationwide problem."
But Roskam said honors such as Johnson's spoke highly for the women in the field and would have an effect on young females.
"I'm sure it will immediately affect more women at the high school level," he said. "I just don't know what the long-term effect will be."
Once Johnson has finished her course work at KU, she will return to NASA full time to do research for her dissertation, she said. Johnson — who got her pilot's license at age 16 works in the aeronautical systems office, which develops computer tools, which develop how airplanes will look in the future.
Cornelius Driver, manager of the
aeronautical office at NASA, said Johnson had proven herself a long time ago when she graduated at the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1962. University of Missouri-Rolla in 1962.
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Driver said that not many people from his office pursued a doctorate and that Johnson was an exception. He was also one of few female engineers in his office.
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