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.Green lighl on pool/or Montlsh The Union Board has given the green light for construction0' a heated. indoor swimming pool at Monash.The Board's recommendation is now to go before theUniversity's finance committee.The pool was proposed early this year by the DeputyWarden <strong>of</strong> the Union. Mr Doug EIIi • .It has been conceived as a heated indoor complexproviding for general recreation and competitive swimmingand teaching <strong>of</strong> swimming lin that order <strong>of</strong> priority). to bebuilt on land north <strong>of</strong> the Sports and Recreation Centre.The recommendation is that the complex be fundedprimarily from the sale <strong>of</strong> 24 acres <strong>of</strong> the Bodley Streetpropertyowned by the Union. The cost <strong>of</strong> construction is estimatedto be about $800.000.The proposal is for a pool in two sections - 8 six or eightlane section suitable for training and club level competitiveswimming, 25 metres long by 15 to 21 metres wide and 1to 1.8 metres deep; and a 'ree form. general use section safefor non-swimmers and beginners.It has been recommended that the pool be open to thegeneral public at specific times under certain conditions toboost revenue.A chance for Peter to apply dazzling concept For Pbysic. PbD student, PeterGoldlnll, tbe IID-abead on plano for aswimmlnll pool at Monasb couldn'thave come at a more opportune time.During the laot two years Peter hasbeen doing research work, under the<strong>super</strong>vision <strong>of</strong> Dr Logan Francey, oncost efficient ways <strong>of</strong> using solar energyto heat swimming pools, particularlycommunity pools.Now the proposed Monash]JOQl maygive him the opportunity to apply hisresearch in a major project. Peter willconsult with the pool designer, MrAlan Scott.The Deputy Warden <strong>of</strong> the Union,Mr Doug Ellis, in his original poolproposal, .aid that natural gas wouldseem to be the most appropriateprimary heat source, but he suggestedthat this be supplemented "a. much a.possible" by solar heating. Mr Ellissaid last week that the use <strong>of</strong> solarheating as a booster could cut heatingexpenditure by up to 40 per cent.The Monash pool i. believed to bethe first community pool in Australiain which solar heating specificationswill be incorporated from the planningstage. Other pools, such as that atMelbourne University, have had solarsystems fitted aftar they have beenbuilt.Oil heating outPeter's study on solar heating <strong>of</strong>swimming pools, which he expects willtake a further 18 months, will be importantfor the swimming pool industryas a whole, particularly in view<strong>of</strong> legislation which forbids the construction<strong>of</strong> oil heated pools.The main thrust <strong>of</strong> Peter's work hasbeen to gain a clear picture <strong>of</strong> the wayin which solar energy may be utilisedand, once collected in a thermal store,how heat is loat (throUllh the groundand to the air, for example).As Peter says: "The le88 heat youlose, the less heat you have to put in."As a first step in understandingthese flows <strong>of</strong> heat Peter has beenanalysing data gathered from testsconducted with sman pools installed in..ro<strong>of</strong>top laboratory on campus.Now he has established a second testlocation - on the site <strong>of</strong> the proposedMonash pool, north <strong>of</strong> the Sports andRecreation Centre.Here he has set up a Steven8Qn'sScreen from which he is gathering dataon such phenomena 8S the amount <strong>of</strong>sunlight reaching the surface, airtemperature and rainfall. A secondpiece <strong>of</strong> equipment is enabling him toMONASH REPORTERPhysics PhD student. Peter Golding. calibrates ground temperature recording equipmentat the experimental station he has established on the proposed pool site. Dr LoganFrancev. his <strong>super</strong>visor. looks on. Photo: Bob 8ryant.probe temperature variations beneatbthe surface <strong>of</strong> the earth.The temperatwe probes have beenlocated at regular intervals down a sixmetre deep borehole which Peterbegan drilling with a hand auger lastAugust. Recordings started at thebeginning <strong>of</strong> the year.The probes allow Peter to "view" thedaily, weekly and seaaonal variationsin the temperature gradients.Peter explains: "The work is aimedat locating the optimum poeition forthe location <strong>of</strong> the heated pool itself,which is effectively a IlIrIIe thermalbeat store. The way in which suchstores lose heat to the ground, heat viathe ground to the surrounding air andthe extent to which the ground mayadd to the thermal capacity <strong>of</strong> thesystem are results which will come out<strong>of</strong> 12 months <strong>of</strong> data collection andanalysis on the site."3• Have you ever given a thought towhat is under your feet at Monash?Peter Golding'. recent drilling to adepth <strong>of</strong> six metres north <strong>of</strong> the Sportsand Recreation Centre confirm. earlierdescriptions <strong>of</strong> the composition <strong>of</strong> whati. below.The Geological Survey Map indicatestbet the campus is located onsurface depoeits <strong>of</strong> marine and nonmarine'sands, clays and ferruginoussandstones and gravels.Site investigations carried out beforethe building <strong>of</strong> Robert Blackwood Hallconfirmed this. An interesting featureis that no water table was found evenat bore deptha <strong>of</strong> 50 feet.Similar results were found at thesites for the Science North and Southblocks and the Medical building. Allrevealed the presence <strong>of</strong> ".tiff claysand sandy clays overlying sands atdepth".New signsdelineate'no go'areas forbicyclesMore thsn 20 signs will beerected around Monash Universitycampus to delineate areas wherebicycles should not be ridden.The signs, which feature a bicyclepainted on a light background paintedacross with an oblique red stroke, willbe sited, in general, at points wheresealed roads stop and access to Universitybuildings is via paved footpaths.The University Safety Committeesaid a major part <strong>of</strong> the problem laywith non-University people usingpaths as bicycle routes.Students and staff were requested toask <strong>of</strong>fending riders to dismount whilewithin the designated areas.The move to erect the sign. follows aSafety Committee recommendationthat "in the interests <strong>of</strong> safety, riding<strong>of</strong> bicycles be prohibited within theUniversity. except on sealed roads."The Safety Committee said the innercampus area ubristled" with blindcomers where pedestrians were placedat risk by bicycle riders. This dangerwas more likely to increase rather thandecrease as bicycles became a morepopular means <strong>of</strong> transportation.The Safety Committee said itbelieved the move had widespreadsupport from students and staff.There had already been instanceswhen a cyclist had hit, or almost hit, apedestrian, and it requested the cooperation<strong>of</strong> the University communityon the matter before a serious accidentoccurred.Centre for unemp-Ioyed graduates? The concept <strong>of</strong> a reaoUl'OO centrefor Unemployed graduates has beennoeted by the Acting Ca....... andAppointment. omcer at Monaob,Mr Uonel Parrott.Writing in Ca....... Weekly, MrParrott has <strong>of</strong>fered the support <strong>of</strong> his<strong>of</strong>fice in establishing such a centrewhich he suggests could be done at littlecoat.He says that one <strong>of</strong> the aims <strong>of</strong> aresource centre would be to encouragegraduates to continue to use theUniversity and its facilities ae well asadvise them on the full extent <strong>of</strong> outsideresources.An important feature <strong>of</strong> the centrewould be a meeting room."Providing scope for discu88ion <strong>of</strong>the common experiences shared by unemployedpersons is an ....ntial prerequisiteto self help"., he says.These are some <strong>of</strong> the other usefulservices he suggests a resource centremight provide:• Solicit volunteer work to maintainand develop job .kills.• Provide video facilities for analysis<strong>of</strong> interview sesaions.• Organise counselling in self management,particularly budgeting.M.y.1171
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