Require, build or facilitate at least four sustainability attributes in a business/industrial park project:
Best Practice of this action
Rating Guideline
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Report on the attributes in a business park or industrial park project and what role the city played in their achievement. Report mixed-use projects under action 28.4 or under best practice 8, and shared aspects of retail projects at transit/density nodes under action 14.2 |
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Specify which elements were/are required by the city. |
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Rate the project using the Envision sustainability rating system or equivalent. |
Resources
- Applying Eco-Industrial Development (MPCA: 2012) provides planning, design and development guidelines for eco-industrial parks.
- Eco-Industrial Development: The Minnesota Experience (MPCA: 2012) Covers eco-industrial feasibility studies and developments built in Minnesota (including St. Peter, Duluth-Superior, Grand Rapids, Silver Bay) and includes: (1) the Madaelia Model of new enterprises based on locally sourced agricultural biomass to fuel a biomaterials conversion system and improve the watershed; (2) UMore Sustainable Community Eco-Industrial Park District Concept Master Plan (2009); (3) St. Paul Ford Site District Sustainability Standards (under the Roadmap).
- The Greater Duluth–Superior Area Eco-Industrial Development Initiative reports on feasibility work in the mid-2000s.
- The Envision rating system from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure provides a holistic framework for evaluating and rating the community, environmental, and economic benefits of all types and sizes of infrastructure projects. See also the proposed Prospect North redevelopment in Minneapolis (now the Towerside Innovation District; preliminary planning work done by the Yorth Group ), working with the Urban Land Institute-MN.
- EPA combined heat and power resources and calculators.
- See EV charging resources under BPA 23.5.
Sublist
a. Shared parking/access, electric vehicle charging for 3% of parking and/or synchronized with solar generation.
b. Green product development, manufacturing or sales OR a green job training program..
c. Buildings located within walking distance of transit and/or residential zoning.
d. Renovated buildings, buildings designed for reuse, shared recreation/childcare facilities.
e. Green buildings built to Minnesota's SB2030 energy standard OR renewable energy generated on-site.
f. Combined heat and power (CHP) generation capacity, shared geothermal heating/cooling, microgrid OR energy storage.
g. Low-impact site development.
Order Number
3
Action Type
Finite