The reply to this should have been, “Fine, freeze then!”
Now, now, there's no need to get confrontational.
The college should have just secretly turned off the heat, then sent in the workers to change out the radiators a week or so later. They would have been welcomed as heroes, even if they were still men.
Yeah, you are living in a “collective”. If you don’t have all of the necessary skills in house, FREEZE!
OTOHand, how long into the cold winter until one of those trannies steps forward “as a man” and helps out the ladies?