Editor’s note: Cooling in Pearce Ford Tower’ is stable as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Housing & Residence Life.  If you are a resident of Pearce Ford Tower and would like to comment on your experience with the recent HVAC unit issues, please email [email protected]. 

HVAC units in Pearce Ford Tower had issues with cooling properly from Wednesday, Sept. 11, to Wednesday, Sept. 18 according to emails sent Monday to the Herald and PFT residents by Katie Corbin, assistant director of marketing and communications for WKU Housing and Residence Life. 

Corbin said via email that maintenance technicians believed they solved the individual issues last week and “at that time, there was no indication of a building-wide outage.” However, on Saturday, more issues with HVAC units were reported which indicated “sporadic and intermittent outages throughout the building,” according to Corbin’s emails.

In another email sent to the Herald and PFT residents, Corbin said cooling returned to most of the building by 9 a.m. Tuesday morning by outside contractors.

“Contractors anticipate that a permanent fix will be in place by the evening of Tuesday, September 17,” Corbin said in the email. “Technicians will remain on-site to monitor the system throughout Wednesday and until total confidence is reached that the building has consistent cooling.”

Corbin said via email the outage was unexpected and not connected to the fall transition from cooling to heating in residence halls.

Corbin said residents whose rooms were not cooled by Tuesday night could request to stay in a room in Douglas Keen Hall temporarily. This option was also provided Monday night, where 21 residents utilized the alternate housing space. 

PFT residents who have any additional issues with cooling are encouraged to file a maintenance request, Corbin said.

Content Editor Ali Costellow can be reached at [email protected]