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Joseph,

I teach in a room where there are now windows (and no distractions <g>)
but my situation is a bit different in that I can pull back folding doors
and let in outside light.  I like being able to have a completely dark
room.  It works well when we are working with Ripple Tanks, doing
interference experiments and etc.

My room has 14' high ceilings with support beams coming down about 2' so I
have a feeling of openness.  The rooms are well lit and as I mentioned, we
do have access to outside light.  This is not a great help in the winter
as we rarely see the sun anyway due to all the rain.  Out here the Sun is
considered a UFO.

I understand your concern for ventilation.  I have two exhaust fans in the
room, one quite powerful.  The fans in the building are designed to
do a complete air switch every six minutes.  I can't give you any
regulation information.  Our building was built in 1969 and I'm sure
things have changed since then.  States most likely differ as well.

Lowell Herr
Project PHYSLab
The Catlin Gabel School
Portland, OR 97225

On Sun, 12 Dec 1993, J.F.McLaughlin Pittsburgh,PA wrote:

> My school district is remodeling our old labs (hooray).  However, the new
> lab, proposed for a new location, will have no windows (BOO!).  I foresee
> two serious problems with this.  First of all, from the safety perspective,
> while I don't have the ventilation problems associated with a chem lab
> (which is getting 4 vent hoods), I find that I must frequently open the
> windows in my present, reasonably-well ventilated lab.  Could anyone cite
> any OSHA regs or anything that might help me convince them that the one
> possible area for a window should be opened up?  Secondly (since I doubt
> that such evidence exists), is the problem with SADD- I anticipate the
> feeling of walking into a mausoleum every day.  I have read about light
> therapy for this condition, and wonder if, for instance, I could get some
> evidence for plant-growth flourescent lights instead of the standard
> cool-white type.  Could anyone point me in the direction of some convincing
> evidence for either of these?  Thanks, <<Joe>>
>       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>    Joseph F. McLaughlin, Physics
>    jxm39.psuvm.psu.edu
>    Brentwood High School
>    Brentwood (Pittsburgh), PA
>