Physical Plant Department

Building Automation Controls

PPD monitors over 40,000 system “points” throughout campus

The Controls Group is responsible for maintaining and operating all building automation systems that monitor the air handling units, temperature gauges and alarms for every building on campus. These control systems include Honeywell and Johnson Controls, Ademco security systems, and the Delta V digital automation system used at the Central Heating Plant.

PPD monitors over 40,000 system “points” throughout campus and maintains an accurate alarm monitoring system. PPD is rolling out implementation of OSI Pi software to integrate the data points from the various systems into user-friendly visualizations that can be used for analysis to optimize the running of building systems.

Meet the Controls Team

Office location: 284 East Avenue

Title	Name	Email	Phone
Manager	Chuck Norton	Charles.Norton@uvm.edu	802-656-8661
Supervisor	Christian Jenkins	Christian.Jenkins@uvm.edu	802-923-6534
Controls Engineer	Paul Cullen	Paul.Cullen@uvm.edu	802-656-2208
Controls Engineer	Derek Fersing	Derek.Fersing@uvm.edu	802-373-8216
Controls Engineer	Jody Humiston	Jody.Humiston@uvm.edu	802-316-0049
Electronic Controls Specialist	Steve Fox	Steven.Fox@uvm.edu	802-656-2208