Posted on Aug. 15: McMaster reduces energy consumption

Hamilton Hydro has requested that McMaster University reduce its power consumption by 25 per cent effective immediately.

Because of an ongoing possibility of local blackouts or brownouts in the Hamilton area, McMaster is accommodating this request in an effort to restore power as quickly as possible to all areas of Hamilton and Ontario.

Primary power will be cut immediately, leaving only emergency power in the following buildings: Chester New Hall; Togo Salmon Hall; Kenneth Taylor Hall; Michael G. DeGroote School of Business; Institute for Applied Health Sciences; Wentworth House; Communications Research Lab; Thode Library; Burke Sciences Building; General Sciences Building; and Information Technology Building.

It will remain an emergency power source only until the University reopens on Monday morning.

The contact for any enquiries is McMaster Security at ext. 24281 (this is a 24-hour number).