Utilities
Assistant Director
Mark Menefee, P.E.
820 N. Walnut Grove
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-7248
E-mail: mmenefee@indiana.edu
The Utilities Division is responsible for all the utilities on campus. With
electricity, steam heating, chilled water, air conditioning, drinking water, sanitary and storm sewage, we serve
total of over 15 million square feet of building space.
We also provide documentation, metering, and locating services.
Current Outages
For current reports of outages on campus, please go to Current Outages page.
Special Note about Campus Lighting
The Utilities Division maintains the streetlamps on campus. If you notice an IU streetlamp is out, please report it to Ron E. Porter at 855-9590 or by email at reporter@indiana.edu.
Thank you for your help in keeping IU safe.
Services
Utility Information Group
Manager
Lee Walters
820 N. Walnut Grove
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-2752
E-mail: lewalter@indiana.edu
The Utility Information Group (UIG) is the central clearinghouse for information about utilities on IU campuses. The UIG locates, meters and documents all utility activity on the IUB campus. The UIG is also responsible for the documentation and issuing of excavation permits for work performed on the IUB campus. The UIG reads meters for campus water, steam, gas and electric and maintains historical information of utility consumption. The UIG is also involved in a variety of conservation efforts across campus through involvement with faculty, staff and students.
Our offices are located on the 3rd floor of the Central Heating Plant.
- Locating
Before you dig...
If you need a utility located or have questions about excavation permits, contact Don Goodwin, Systems Coordinator of the UIG. You may contact him at the office by phone at 856-1147. His email is drgoodwi@indiana.edu. To request a locate call 855-3740. For locate information from the State of Indiana, call 1-800-382-5544.
- Metering
An automated radio-read metering system has been installed on the IUB campus. Meters that can communicate with this system have been installed for water, steam, electric and gas. These meters are able to report back readings to the desktop. The UIG has almost completed work on this project.
- Documentation and Mapping
All utilities that are repaired, replaced or installed are documented by the UIG. Measurements are taken, GPS is used and digital pictures are taken to maintain a record of work performed on all utilities. These changes are then added to an ArcGIS map that is constantly being updated by the UIG. This map contains the most accurate and detailed data about utility types and locations on the IUB campus. A link to Campus Maps can be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~uao/html/campus_images.html .
- Conservation
The UIG works with faculty, staff and students to help with conservation issues for all utilities on campus. The UIG has a student intern year-round through the IU Office of Sustainability to work within academic and administrative buildings to raise awareness and build support for conservation
- Library
A library of documents and drawings pertaining to Utilities work on campus is maintained on the 3rd floor of the Central Heating Plant. It contains documents and drawings from the 1940’s to present day.
Links and Resources
Utility Production
Manager
Teddy L. Scales
820 N. Walnut Grove
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-7033
E-mail: tlscales@indiana.edu
Central Heating Plant
- Production of steam at the Central Heating Plant. Operate and maintain 5 boilers for campus heat, humidification, and hot water.
- Distribution of steam to over 10 million square feet of space.
Looking for more details? Go to the Inside Utilities page.
Central Chilled Water Plants
- Manage maintenance of primary/secondary pumping and contract maintenance.
- Production of chilled water at plant, using 8 electric centrifugal chillers.
- 3 satellite chilled water plants: Forest Quad Chiller (1500 cooling tons)
- Musical Arts Center Chiller (2500 cooling tons)
- North Woodlawn Chiller(1540 cooling tons)
- Total distribution of 17,917 cooling tons annually for air conditioning.
- Operation of system energy management.
- Chilled water distribution: 6 million square feet
Looking for more details? Go to the Inside Utilities page.
Utility Distribution
Manager
Mike McGinnis
820 N. Walnut Grove
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-5462
E-mail: mwmcginn@indiana.edu
Electrical Systems
- Campus Lighting maintenance and distribution. Special Note: If you notice an IU streetlamp is out, please report it to Ron Porter at 855-9590 or by email at reporter@indiana.edu.
- Distribution of electrical, including high voltage electrical, to campus.
- Electricity purchased from Duke Energy
Natural Gas
- Maintain natural gas piping.
- Distribution of natural gas.
- Natural gas is purchased from Vectren.
Water & Sewage Systems
- Maintain water and sewer piping.
- Distribution of water.
- Water, sanitary and storm water services purchased from City of Bloomington Utilities.
Steam Distribution
- 12 million square feet of steam per year.
Weather Information
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