"I was glad to have it all out in the open,"Shearman said. "I'm sure there will be otherdiscussions of it."

Both Tuesday and yesterday, Landes focused onthe controversy surrounding the Medical Area TotalEnergy Plant (MATEP) in the early 1970s.

The plant was designed to replace the medicalarea's obsolete heating system. The plant, whichis still in operation today, uses diesel enginesto provide the teaching hospitals and HarvardMedical School (HMS) with heat, air conditioningand electricity.

While the plant was being constructed,Brookline residents complained about thepossibility of environmental damage resulting fromthe facility and demanded regulation legislation.

The regulation forced changes in plant designmid-way through construction, costing theUniversity hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"The Faculty of Arts and Sciences paid for halfof that. We paid for something we did not need norbenefit from," Landes told the Faculty yesterday."It was the biggest violation in Harvard historyof the motto that every tub should stand on itsown bottom."

Jonathan A. Lewin contributed to thereporting of this story.