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Scope 1 Combustion Mobile equipment 11145 Total 11145 Table 12: Proposed Emissions b. GHG Assessment i. Describe any mitigation considered to reduce the project's GHG emissions. Design strategies and other sustainability measures anticipated to be implemented in the proposed development to reduce emissions include: • Energy end -use efficient appliances and equipment. • Energy efficient lighting. • Energy efficient building shells (i.e, a well insulated building). • On -site geothermal energy use. There is an existing geothermal system on site and one or multiple of the cells that may continue to be used as an energy source that provides energy that can be extracted without burning fossil fuels. ii. Describe and quantify reductions from selected mitigation, if proposed to reduce the project's GHG emissions. Explain why the selected mitigation was preferred. The proposed mitigation listed in Item 18.b.i. includes best management practices for new construction and reducing GHG emissions where practicable during operations. Additionally, the project will develop a travel demand management plan to reduce use of single occupancy motor vehicles, and increase walking, bicycling, and transit as primary modes of travel to reduce GHG emissions from mobile sources. iii. Quantify the proposed project's predicted net lifetime GHG emissions (total tons per number of years) and how those predicted emissions may affect achievement of the Minnesota Next Generation Energy Act goals and/or other more stringent state or local GHG reduction goals. The Next Generation Energy Act requires the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state by 80 percent between 2005 and 2050, while supporting clean energy, energy efficiency, and supplementing other renewable energy standards in Minnesota. The MPCA's biennial GHG emissions reduction report from 202115 "Available at https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/state-and-regional-initiatives Haviland Fields EAW 26 September 2023