Assess, plan for, and enhance the community’s local food system.
Assess, plan for, and enhance the community’s local food system.
Air Quality
Actions that directly or indirectly improve air quality in your community
Conduct a tree inventory or canopy study for public and private trees.
Conduct a tree inventory or canopy study for public and private trees.
Adopt a complete streets policy, or a living streets policy, which addresses landscaping and stormwater.
Adopt a complete streets policy, or a living streets policy, which addresses landscaping and stormwater.
Plan for reuse of large-format retail buildings, or work with a local school, church or commercial building to either add-on spa
Plan for reuse of large-format retail buildings, or work with a local school, church or commercial building to either add-on space or repurpose space into new uses.
Use 21st century ecodistrict tools to structure, guide and link multiple green and sustainable projects together in a mixed-use
Use 21st century ecodistrict tools to structure, guide and link multiple green and sustainable projects together in a mixed-use neighborhood/development, or innovation district, aiming to deliver superior social, environmental and economic outcomes.
Lower the environmental and health risk footprint of a brownfield remediation/redevelopment project beyond regulatory requirements; report brightfield projects
Lower the environmental and health risk footprint of a brownfield remediation/redevelopment project beyond regulatory requirements; report brightfield projects.
Implement IT efforts and city employee engagement to reduce plug loads, building energy use and workflow efficiency.
Implement IT efforts and city employee engagement to reduce plug loads, building energy use and workflow efficiency.
Purchase energy used by city government - via the municipal utility, green tags, community solar garden, 3rd party - with a higher renewable percentage than required by Minnesota law.
Purchase energy used by city government - via the municipal utility, green tags, community solar garden, 3rd party - with a higher renewable percentage than required by Minnesota law.
Promote financing and incentive programs, such as PACE, for clean energy:
Promote financing and incentive programs, such as PACE, for clean energy:
Install a public sector/municipally-owned renewable energy technology, such as solar electric (called solar photovoltaic or solar PV), wind, biomass, solar hot water/air, or micro-hydro.
Install a public sector/municipally-owned renewable energy technology, such as solar electric (PV), wind, biomass, solar hot water/air, or micro-hydro.