As communicated on Sunday, the university is currently in Stage 3 of the cooling curtailment plan, impacting buildings serving non-critical areas.

Due to ongoing high temperatures and system limitations, we must unfortunately expand Stage 3 cooling curtailment to additional locations. This expansion is necessary because of a malfunction in one of our chilling systems and a rapidly depleting Thermal Energy Storage (TES) supply, which together are significantly straining our ability to meet campus cooling demands. Effective immediately, cooling has also been turned off in all classrooms and recreation areas, including Pauley Pavilion and the Wooden Center, until further notice. Ventilation will continue in these spaces.

In accordance with the California Code of Regulation for Indoor Heat Illness Prevention, community members in impacted spaces should temporarily relocate or shift to remote work or learning (as authorized and in accordance with Academic Senate guidelines for remote instruction), as interior temperatures may reach or exceed 82 degrees.

These measures are necessary to preserve cooling for critical facilities, including hospital and patient care settings, research labs, vivariums and data centers. We will notify the community once curtailment measures have ended.