Alumni Hall dates back to 1958, a time when buildings were heated by coal or oil, and electricity was produced in the same way. Fast forward 65 years, and Alumni Hall is now an effectively carbon-neutral building.…
5-DAY ADVANCE WARNING POSSIBLE SUNY Oneonta Experiments With Waste-Water Testing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is looking to get as far ahead of the coronavirus as it can – through waste-water testing. It is what it sounds like. “Even asymptomatic people start shedding coronavirus through their feces in the first day of their infection,” said Lachlan Squair, SUNY Oneonta’s chief of facilities & safety. “The reason we’re doing the waste-water test,” he continued, “is…
Icebox Interrupts Natural Gas Supply At Biggest Employers NYSEG Forces 4 Oneonta Institutions To Switch To More Expensive Fuel Oil By JENNIFER HILL• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the bitter cold, NYSEG has flagged some of the region’s largest employers to heat with oil instead of natural gas, driving up their heating costs. “We have been burning oil since Tuesday evening,” SUNY Oneonta’ Chief Facilities Planning & Safety Officer Lachlan Squair said. “I’m fairly certain other places are doing the…