Abbey Graham, a junior business management major at the University of Maryland, is required to have air conditioning in her apartment due to her postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

The condition, which causes symptoms including increased heart rate and fatigue, affects her ability to regulate her body temperature. Graham said that due to her condition, it was difficult to cool off during a multi-day air conditioning outage in Washington Hall.

“For me, it takes like double the amount of a normal person to cool off so it makes me dizzy and really tired,” she said. “It’s very inconvenient.”

Graham was one of many students at this university who faced air conditioning outages in late April. All residence halls with air conditioning are now functioning, according to a statement from the Department of Resident Life on Thursday .

Living spaces managed by Residential Facilities, such as South Hill Community and La Plata Hall, transitioned from heating to cooling during the week of April 21, the statement read.

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Areas with seasonal air conditioning units have their air conditioning activated depending on weather forecasts, according to the statement. Some buildings had heat temporarily restored during a cold period in mid-April, which added complexity to the process, the statement read.

A temporary chiller was installed in La Plata Hall to provide temporary cooling to residents while the hall’s cooling tower undergoes repairs. The South Hill Community had an initially unsuccessful repair after an outage occurred, according to the statement.

Some issues only occur once the air conditioning system is running, despite preventive maintenance, the statement read. Other common reasons for air conditioning outages include pipe leaks, chiller or cooling tower failures, refrigerant issues, electrical faults and construction debris entering the system, according to the statement.

“The departments of Resident Life and Residential Facilities are committed to maintaining safe and comfortable environments in the residence halls,” the statement read.

Sophomore marketing and management major Giana Colonna had issues with air conditioning while living in the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority house on Fraternity Row.

The air conditioning in Colonna’s room did not function until a few days ago, while the rest of the residents’ air conditioning worked when it was turned on about two weeks ago.

Colonna said that the 80 degree temperatures outside made it “sweltering” inside during the time period when there was no heating or cooling.

She and her roommate stopped spending time in their room, except to sleep, because it was so hot. The heat made it difficult to sleep, impairing her sleep quality and affecting her school work.

“You can only do so much with fans and having a window open,” Colonna said. “But then even when the window’s open, there’s so much construction.”

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Maya Bhattiprolu, a resident of South Campus Commons 2, which is managed by the South Campus Commons Facilities Team, said her apartment was 80 degrees last week. The senior biology and psychology major said that although the issue was resolved quickly, it was frustrating to wake up to broken air conditioning.

“I’m living in a place where [air conditioning is] expected,” she said. “So when its not working, it’s annoying.”

Bhattiprolu said she and her roommates had trouble falling asleep a few weeks ago when there was no heating or cooling. Bhattiprolu woke up feeling tired because of poor sleep when it was too hot, she added.

Garrett Hall resident Elyse Tolson also found it hard to sleep with the lack of air conditioning. Tolson said she and her roommates constantly had fans running to cool down.

“I’m probably more anticipating that the AC will go out again, but it’s also the light at the end of the tunnel, going home soon, where there will be AC,” the sophomore accounting major said.