{"id":8190,"date":"2025-10-22T11:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:22:12","slug":"space-heaters-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/2025\/10\/22\/space-heaters-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Heaters on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Space Heaters on Campus<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>WSU discourages the use of portable space heaters inside university buildings due to fire hazards, energy inefficiency, and safety concerns. However, exceptions may be made if central heating is inadequate or out of order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a space heater must be used, it must meet WSU safety standards\u2014be UL-listed, plugged directly into a wall outlet, and include safety features like tip-over shutoff and overheat protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View the full <strong>Space Heater Policy (SPPM 8.50)<\/strong> and approved heater types using the link down below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fehs.wsu.edu%2Fspace-heaters-on-campus%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnetonna.udezeh%40wsu.edu%7C9dfd3290bd294d168c0008de10df8889%7Cb52be471f7f147b4a8790c799bb53db5%7C0%7C0%7C638966749408299180%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4P6TwsB%2BHDvEBAHYe3y7hdIKvmSrjIW%2BzYQJbtnx36s%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fehs.wsu.edu%2Fspace-heaters-on-campus%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnetonna.udezeh%40wsu.edu%7C9dfd3290bd294d168c0008de10df8889%7Cb52be471f7f147b4a8790c799bb53db5%7C0%7C0%7C638966749408299180%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4P6TwsB%2BHDvEBAHYe3y7hdIKvmSrjIW%2BzYQJbtnx36s%3D&amp;reserved=0\">WSU Approved Heaters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space Heaters on Campus WSU discourages the use of portable space heaters inside university buildings due to fire hazards, energy inefficiency, and safety concerns. However, exceptions may be made if central heating is inadequate or out of order. If a space heater must be used, it must meet WSU safety standards\u2014be UL-listed, plugged directly into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44092,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44092"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8194,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8190\/revisions\/8194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8190"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=8190"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/foss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=8190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}