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STANFORD. Calif.-An attempt to save energy last month at Stanford University resulted in several days without heat for many residents as well as some criticism of the handling of the experiment.
After observing windows and doors regularly being left open. Heloisa Edwards, manager of the Row and Cluster Facilities Office, informed three fraternity houses that she would turn off their heat for one week as an experiment.
One of the houses complained that the house was too cold, and the heat was restored the day after it was initially turned off. Another heating "experiment" also became a fiasco when the weather started approaching that of Boston's winter warmth.
Some students supported the efforts to reduce energy bills and were appreciative of the speed with which their calls for turning the heat back on were heeded. Others criticized Edwards for failing to give more advance notice of the heat reduction. The Stanford Daily reported last month.
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