[CCoE Notice] FW: Space Heaters

[Perlowski, Ken]

Please see the notice below about space heaters.

Ken Perlowski

From: Building Coordinator List [mailto:BUILDINGCOORDINATOR at LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of McDonald, Chris
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:10 PM
To: BUILDINGCOORDINATOR at LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Subject: Space Heaters

During this chilly holiday season, the Fire Marshal's Office wants to remind the campus community that the use of space heaters is prohibited. That risk was compounded for a number of reasons including:

* Some heaters being used that do not meet the existing University guidelines
* The use of extension cords for permanent wiring
* The overloading of circuits due to the high amperage necessary to start-up the devices
* Blown circuits and temperature control issues required a response by various staff members that might be better utilized elsewhere and inefficient appliances added to the already soaring utility costs.

If temperature extremes are an issue in your offices, please call Customer Service at FIXIT (3-4948) for assistance via Utility Services.

Thank You,

Christopher McDonald, Fire Marshal
Department of Public Safety
University of Houston
A Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university
Office: 713-743-5866
Mobile: 915-539-8855
cjmcdonald at uh.edu<mailto:cjmcdonald at uh.edu>




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://Bug.EGR.UH.EDU/pipermail/engi-dist/attachments/20141125/c4671755/attachment.html