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REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE- GET INVOLVED <br /> WHAT <br /> The Regional Indicators Initiative measures annual performance metrics for WHERE <br /> Minnesota cities committed to increasing their overall efficiency and level of <br /> sustainability.The project collects the following data that reflect the activities '0' <br /> of the people who live, work, learn, travel, visit, and play within each city's <br /> geographical boundaries: Central/Stand-Alone Cities: <br /> ENERGY I Electricity,natural gas,fuel oil,coal and biomass,and <br /> district energy consumed for both residential and <br /> t- <br /> commercial/industrial use. <br /> WATER I Potable water consumption for both residential and Inner-Ring Suburbs: <br /> commercial/industrial use Richrielo <br /> Hop.ins <br /> TRAVEL I On-road distance traveled by all vehicles within the SGina LOUIS Part, <br /> municipality boundaries. _saint Anthony <br /> Edina <br /> ill WASTE I Total municipal solid waste that is landfilled,composted, Falcon Heights <br /> incinerated or recycled. Maplewood <br /> The greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions and costs associated with each of these Outer-Ring Suburbs: <br /> indicators are also calculated, providing common metrics to compare the _ake <br /> economic and environmental impacts of the indicators. Coon Rapids <br /> Oakdale <br /> WHEN <br /> �noreview <br /> This Initiative was started in 2010,and it collects annual data for 2008-2012. <br /> :agar <br /> Eden Prairie <br /> WHO Minnetonka <br /> The Regional Indicators Initiative is managed by LHB, Inc. for the Urban Land Woodbury <br /> Institute, with technical assistance from ORANGE Environmental, LLC and Lake Elmo <br /> financial support from the Department of Commerce and the Minnesota <br /> Pollution Control Agency. <br /> WHY <br /> Recording these performance metrics is essential to promoting efficiency and <br /> sustainable change at the city scale.Benefits to cities include: <br /> • Highlight opportunities to save resources and money; <br /> • Provide a baseline for estimating the effectiveness of sustainability <br /> measures; <br /> • Enable comparison with peer cities and within each city over time; <br /> • Inform subsequent analyses,plans,and policy decisions; <br /> • Improve each city's competitiveness for federal and state funding <br /> opportunities that are targeted to cities that have taken steps to measure <br /> and improve their energy efficiency and reduce their carbon footprints; HOW <br /> • Assist in promoting public understanding of the city's effect on climate Contact Rick Carter at LHB, <br /> change; regionalindicatorsMN @lhbcorp.com <br /> • Satisfy criteria for Step Four recognition under the Minnesota GreenStep 612-752-6923 <br /> Cities program. <br /> . . . .. ,..I, ,n F.11: [IF-• w°nii: t 46.1 <br />