ST. BONAVENTURE (April 13)—Alexandra Notaro awoke with a jolt. She smacked her hand to her forehead to wipe away the tiny droplets outlining her brow. She got up, walked across the room to the radiator, turned the knob all the way to the right but found the valve already closed. She stood next to the open window, took a deep breath and shook her head.
At the center of St. Bonaventure University’s campus lies the central boiler plant, a building holding a heating system crucial to the comfort of all those on campus in the winter.
Although the system first produced heat in 1949, 30 years after the central boiler plant’s construction, Philip Winger, associate vice president for facilities, called the system efficient and reliable. Students, however, find the system unreliable and regulation difficult.
