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N OV 1 1 , 2 0 1 0 | SCOPE D EFINITION PT 1

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Schedule | Data Collection | Blog

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Schedule

Moving forward with data

collection into data processing.

Audit Phase 1 and 2 worked

concurrently.

Communications underway.

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 Sites Electricity Fuels Water Sewage Waste As Builts
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1500 Miss P P P P Allied
Forest History P P Well Septic x
Missing Data Fort Snelling P P Mpls P P
Hill House P P P P P
Forestville P
+ Small utilities from
History Center P P P P P P
Finance
Jeffers P P Well Septic P P
+ Most current (August Kelley Farm P P
2010 and on) utilities Lindbergh P P P P P P
+ Management agreement Mill City P P P P P
sites data Mille Lacs P
+ As-Builts or similar Pine City -
Northwest Company P P Well Septic Hinckley P
+ Data from Historic Ramsey House P P P P P
Forestville and Mille Lacs Sibley House P P P P
data John
Split Rock P P Well Septic Sanitary P
+ Visits to Mille Lacs, Hill,
x_Comstock
Ramsey scheduled
x_Folsom
+ Forestville sometime late x_Fort Ridgley
Nov x_Harkin
x_Mayo House

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Institutional | Site

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Consistent set of measured
components for each site /
building throughout the
institution.

Will be looked at as an
accumulated value, as well as by
site.

Think about the following:

+How does component
compares to large scale of
institution?
+Should it be part of the 9-
month project or
suggested as a future
study?

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Some sites may have different
elements that could be included
as a ‘satellite’ account.

Think about the following:

+ Will the measurement be
useful to reducing impact?
+Can the measurement be
used in other educational
ways?

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‘Energy – Stationary Combustion’
refers to energy used for heating,
cooling, lighting, and any other
non-mobile equipment.

One of the most popular portions

of sustainability audits /
assessments.

Also serves as a stand-alone

option, as energy is typically the
largest component.

Note: Will include all of these

components in the scope.

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‘Energy – Mobile Combustion’
refers to the energy associated
with powering vehicles, or other
transportation components (ie
buses, trains, etc.)

May not be too useful for our

purposes as we cannot chose the
fleet vehicles provided by the
State, and we do not have much
time in our project to influence
transportation changes by
employees or visitors.

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Gray X’s indicate discussion
results.

Note: Discussion centered around the

amount driven from site to site.

Most felt it was important to include the

CO2 from driving, even if it will be small
compared to the rest of the institution’s
CO2 figures.

Calculating the employee travel may

help justify the use of video
conferencing, combining trips, or
different vehicle selections.

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‘Wood-based Resources’ refers to
the use of any wood resources.
Typically, this includes
construction components, but
given the existing structures, we
would look at items we keep
consuming.

Exhibits mostly applies to exhibit

changes at the History Center, but
can inform future exhibits at any
site.

Paper usage could be expanded

to any paper-products purchased
by the institution, as long as there
are receipts.

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I NSTITUTIONAL MHC used to justify
future study.
Gray X’s indicate discussion
results.

Note: Exhibit materials from Chocolate

already behind, new exhibits planned to
use less material and more recycling.
Exhibit information to be used in
recommendations area for further study
and collection of documentation.
Gather exhibit resources in final
document.

Note: Paper products will be tracked via billing at

individual sites as well as through Karen. While
small, could be the basis for a public / employee
centered PR campaign. Might only focus on subset
of paper products, depending on data available.

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‘Process Driven’ refers to any
special processes occurring at a
site. Typically, this would also
include industrial processes,
which do not apply to our sites.

Processes related to programming

and education, not production.
May not indicate anything we can
change.

Could be interesting educational

components for the site,
especially the farm.

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Gray X’s indicate discussion
results.

Note: Farm CO2 accounting is still a

topic of debate in sustainability. There
may not be many benchmarks to use to
compare Kelly Farm with modern farms.
However, establishing calculation will be
useful for educational purposes, and for
future study.

Satellite calculation
for Kelly Farm site
On the other hand, can these only.
calculations be “a double edged sword”
and used to justify cutting programs?
Will do initial data collection and audit
to see what information can be used.

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‘Waste’ refers to any solid waste
diverted to landfills, or
incinerators. The net impact of
recycling (energy recovered vs
energy used to recycle) is
subtracted from waste totals.

Difficult to track given many sites

do not know the weights, but can
use typical composition figures
and estimates based on size of
receptacles and pick ups.

May be interesting / educational

to see impact of History Center
Café.

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Gray X’s indicate discussion
results.

Note: Some more discussion needs to

happen in terms of what is included in
the café processes. Energy, water, and
major utilities are already included since
most cafes are tied to the buildings
being studied. However, going further
up the supply chain to food gets into a
similar study as in the Farming practices Consider food production
at Kelly Farm. Will collect data, and and food waste. See what
make final decision in December. data emerges before
deciding to include in the
scope of institutional
study.

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‘Water’ refers to any water usage
in the building and on the site.
This can also include any
landscape recovery that has
increased site infiltration of water.

Often overlooked category for

sustainability audits, but
importance of fresh water supply
is becoming more popular.

Typically, site changes are more

impactful than plumbing usage.

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Gray X’s indicate discussion
results.

Note: Sites with reclaimed prairie or

forest land will have a very high net
positive improvement in water
infiltration, and CO2 sequestration.
Make calculations
These will be less confusing as a
satellite accounts for
separate satellite account for large
sites with large areas
land-cover sites.
of land.

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Recommendation for the
Institutional Audit:

+ Energy – Stationary
Combustion
+ Wood-Based Resources
+ Waste
+ Water

(Excludes Energy – Mobile

Combustion, Process Driven)

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Include certain Process-Driven
components for some sites that
could use the information.

For example:
Kelly Farm could use the CO2
footprint of their 1820s farm and
compare it to modern industrial
or organic farms.

Note: Question about building repairs

and including materials. Data from last
2 years could be used, but would be an
intensive and time-consuming study.
May not be as useful. Consider only a
few sites or construction projects.

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Institution Site Specific

Energy – Stationary Combustion
Energy – Mobile Combustion > Fleet Vehicles
Wood-Based Resources > Paper Products
Waste
Water
Process Driven > Farming (Kelly Farm)
Wood-Based Resources > Exhibit Materials
(History Center)
Water > Sites Impact (large land cover sites)
Waste > Composted / Feed > Cafes (History
Center, Mill City, Split Rock, etc)

Note: Will collect data for many of the

site specific components, but will keep
to December deadline to acquire
information. Some components may
become recommendations for future
studies.

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AGREEMENT S ITES
Select any number of Site Location Management Year SF
management agreement sites to
include in the institution. Mill City Minneapolis Northmarq
Offices
Comstock Moorhead Moorhead 1883 4617
Remember these sites are not House
necessarily consistent with rest of Folsom House Taylors Falls 1856 4244
MHS-operated sites, consider
putting them in satellite Fort Ridgely Fairfax Nicollet 1853 6308
calculation. County
Harkin Store New Ulm 1869-1871 4298

Select based on: W.W. Mayo Le Sueur 1859 2275

+Management company House
response, Total SF of Institution = 969,715 SF
+Data availability,
+Representative program,
+Popularity.

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Sites to include: Site Location Management Year SF

Mill City Minneapolis Northmarq

Offices
Comstock Moorhead Moorhead 1883 4617
House
Folsom House Taylors Falls 1856 4244

Fort Ridgely Fairfax Nicollet 1853 6308

County
Harkin Store New Ulm 1869-1871 4298

W.W. Mayo Le Sueur 1859 2275

House
Note: Mill City will be included since
utilities are intertwined between offices Total SF of Institution = 969,715 SF
and museum. Folsom and Fort Ridgely
represent two types of programs / sites
that will represent many of the other
partner sites.

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Missing Data | Preliminary Audit Presentation

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1500 Miss P P P P Allied
Forest History P P Well Septic x

Biggest missing piece is as-built Fort Snelling P P Mpls P P

drawings, or most recent design Hill House P P P P P

Forestville P
drawings.
History Center P P P P P P
Jeffers P P Well Septic P P
+ Floor plan Kelley Farm P P
+ Wall components or Lindbergh P P P P P P

R-values Mill City P P P P P

Mille Lacs P
+ Mechanical schedule Pine City -
Northwest Company P P Well Septic Hinckley P
+ Lighting schedule
Ramsey House P P P P P
+ Lighting plan Sibley House P P P P
John
+ Exhibit lighting schedule Split Rock P P Well Septic Sanitary P
+ Exhibit lighting plan x_Comstock
x_Folsom
x_Fort Ridgley
x_Harkin
x_Mayo House

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1500 Miss P P P P Allied
Forest History P P Well Septic x
Fort Snelling P P Mpls P P
Hill House P P P P P
Forestville P
History Center P P P P P P
Jeffers P P Well Septic P P
Kelley Farm P P
Lindbergh P P P P P P
Mill City P P P P P
Mille Lacs P
Pine City -
Northwest Company P P Well Septic Hinckley P
Ramsey House P P P P P
Sibley House P P P P
John
Note: Will be targeting more Split Rock P P Well Septic Sanitary P
as-built drawing data in the x_Comstock
next few weeks. Will work x_Folsom
with Tom Ellig on Folsom and x_Fort Ridgley
Ridgely. x_Harkin
x_Mayo House

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Next Key Dates and Milestones:

12.2010 | Preliminary Audit

12.13 Green Team
01.2011 | Professional Services
02.2011 | Audit Results, Green
Strategies
05.2011 | Begin Report
06.2011 | Technical Document

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