HU Building: Interruption of regular power - October 5, 2021

To the users and occupants of the HU Building,

A planned interruption of the regular electrical power is SCHEDULED for Tuesday morning, 2021-10-05, between the hours of 05:00 and 07:00. This interruption is required to ensure that all emergency power systems are operating flawlessly in the event of an electrical power interruption.

Building:  

• L- HU / Applied Science Hub

General Information:       

• This interruption will affect the entire building.
• The following systems will be impacted during the interruption, as described:
  • Electricity/telecom:
    • Emergency outlets (red): momentary interruption at start of shutdown (a few seconds)
    • Regular outlets (white) : off
    • Emergency lighting:  momentary interruption at start of shutdown (a few seconds)
    • Normal lighting on floors 1 to 4: off
    • Lighting in SS2 Aquatic Lab: momentary interruption at start of shutdown (a few seconds)
    • Data outlets not dedicated to telephones: momentary interruption at start of shutdown (a few seconds)
  • Ventilation and air-conditioning:
    • Floors 1 to 4: off
    • Floor 3 cold room: off
    • Fume hoods, fume extraction arms, canopy hoods, cabinets: minimum extraction
  • Plumbing:
    • Chilled water (for equipment): off
    • Chilled water (for bioprocessing): off
    • Compressed air: off
  • Equipment:
    • Autoclaves: off
    • Ice machines: off
    • Millipore water purifier: off
    • Electric vehicle charging stations: off
    • Passenger elevators: off (will remain on 1^st floor during the interruption)
• The following systems will NOT be impacted during the interruption:
  • SS2 ventilation and air-conditioning: Aquatic Lab, Bioprocessing Lab, cold and freezer rooms
  • SS2 cooling systems for aquarium water (GLF, AQF)
  • Domestic water (hot and cold)
  • Lab water (hot and cold)
  • Deionized water
  • Emergency water (sprinklers, eye-wash, emergency showers)
  • Natural gas
  • Gas cabinets
  • Freight elevator
  • Access controls (card readers)
  • Communications (telephones, Wi-Fi, building entrance intercoms)
• IITS has performed updates on all computers to automatically restart after a power outage, therefore there is no need to notify IITS to restart computers.
• In the unlikely event that your computer does not restart automatically, please open a ticket with IITS.