That severe cold snap in December is more than just a distant bad memory for Lane Community College maintenance crews.

 

To analyze what went wrong and how to fix it yet.

 

Maintenance completed the system workers on 13 December - the day after 23-degree temperatures at night - if it runs water from the roof of the 18-month-old health and wellness building saw.

 

Des systems-36 sheets 18 were broken and need to be exchanged, said David Willis, the College Director of facility management.

 

"Just when new freezing considerable damage to new roof dive LCC solar hot water system, which was used to heat up water for three buildings, caused and the school technology, it is always some things that has not be upset", he said.

 

The panels are part of a $400,000 solar system, the plumbing and a 2772-litre storage, the and has distributed the Sun heated water contains.

 

If the system is, it provides heat showers, washing machines for the athletics and other water basins used as bad. Solar hot water heating differs from photovoltaic cells that generate electricity.

 

The hot water system should be up to $5,000 a year knock off of the campus ' natural gas bill.