Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.61
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date Nov. 2, 2015
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Indiana University Bloomington
OP-8: Building Energy Consumption

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.51 / 6.00 Jeff Kaden
University Engineer and Director of Engineering Services
Engineering Services
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Total building energy consumption, all sources (transportation fuels excluded):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total building energy consumption 2,791,935.54 MMBtu 2,617,017.70 MMBtu

Purchased electricity and steam:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Grid-purchased electricity 801,882.09 MMBtu 963,026.76 MMBtu
District steam/hot water 0 MMBtu 0 MMBtu

Gross floor area of building space::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Gross floor area 15,831,695 Gross square feet 14,357,569 Gross square feet

Floor area of energy intensive space, performance year::
Floor Area
Laboratory space 1,011,401 Square feet
Healthcare space 24,551 Square feet
Other energy intensive space

Degree days, performance year (base 65 °F)::
Degree days (see help icon above)
Heating degree days 6,042
Cooling degree days 1,022

Source-site ratios::
Source-Site Ratio (see help icon above)
Grid-purchased electricity 3.14
District steam/hot water 1.20

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or 3-year periods)::
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2013 June 30, 2014
Baseline Year July 1, 2009 June 30, 2010

A brief description of when and why the building energy consumption baseline was adopted:

The energy consumption baseline was adopted in 2009 because this is the year when IU opened its Office of Sustainability.


A brief description of any building temperature standards employed by the institution:

Indiana University Bloomington uses timers through their Energy Management System to reset temperature settings in the majority of buildings on campus during unoccupied hours. This is 68 degrees in the winter and 76 degrees in the summer.


A brief description of any light emitting diode (LED) lighting employed by the institution:

LEDs installed total 1,291 fixtures, including:

Student Recreational Sports Center - 110 down lights
IU Alumni Center - 264 down lights
Rose Hall (residential)- 697 down lights
Ballantine Hall (academic) - 100 LED 2x4 fixtures
IU Health Center - 61 2x4 fixtures
Jordan Hall (academic) - 59 2x4 fixtures

Installations continue across campus and this number is continuing its climb.


A brief description of any occupancy and/or vacancy sensors employed by the institution:

Occupancy sensors are implemented in new buildings and renovations.


A brief description of any passive solar heating employed by the institution:
A brief description of any ground-source heat pumps employed by the institution:

The E-house, home of the Office of Sustainability, utilizes geothermal heating and cooling.


A brief description of any cogeneration technologies employed by the institution:

240 KW microturbine at Central Heating Plant replaced pressure reducing valves.


A brief description of any building recommissioning or retrofit program employed by the institution:

Physical Plant teams have been performing work within campus buildings for last 4 years to retrofit the buildings.


A brief description of any energy metering and management systems employed by the institution:

Indiana University Bloomington uses both Johnson Controls and Siemens building technology, as well as maintains a staffed 24 hour/day 365 days/year Control Center. All major energy and utility sources metered at all major campus buildings with remote reading technology.


A brief description of the institution's program to replace energy-consuming appliances, equipment and systems with high efficiency alternatives:

There is no formal program, but high-efficiency appliances are substituted as needed, with a University policy specifying the preference to purchase Energy Star certified appliances.


A brief description of any energy-efficient landscape design initiatives employed by the institution:

Campus Division (steward of the IUB landscape) has reduced irrigation on the campus interior, reduced mowing on the campus perimeter, and have begun to implement storm water management best practices in all new construction, and are beginning to introduce rain gardens. Organic waste has long been composted, but changes are being made to further utilize compost in the planting of campus landscape beds.


A brief description of any vending machine sensors, lightless machines, or LED-lit machines employed by the institution:

There was not been a campus-wide roll-off, but IUB has worked with Coca Cola's machine technicians to make programming changes to existing vending machines for energy conservation research.


A brief description of other energy conservation and efficiency initiatives employed by the institution:

Indiana University Bloomington is home to the largest single-campus energy and water competition in the nation, and is held twice annually. To date, Energy Challenge has saved over 11.8 million kWh of electricity (enough to take 11,756 homes offline during the competition), 28.6 million gallons of water (or 30 Olympic pools), and $2 million.


The website URL where information about the institution’s energy conservation and efficiency initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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