MN Sustainability

The MDA is committed to energy reduction.

MDA experienced challenges this year in reaching its energy use intensity goal. As an agency, we are required to maintain laboratory equipment, which tends to draw significant energy. We are working with the Department of Administration to convert both of our Capitol Complex buildings over to LED fixtures. The Laboratory building's LED conversion is current underway and we anticipate that it completed by end of Fiscal Year 2023. We are working with the Department of Administration on a timeline for our other building's conversion by the end of 2023.

MDA will continue to follow and adhere to all sustainability standards and energy reduction initiatives that are administered throughout its leased building space by the Department of Administration. MDA's gross energy consumption is less than 1% of the enterprise total.

MDA will continue to focus on managing its geographic footprint for optimum efficiency while providing agricultural services across the state.

The MDA is committed to water reduction.

MDA experienced challenges in continuing to reduce water consumption in 2021. We saw a 290 kgal increase in water usage from the year prior. This increase may have been due to more occupants in the Freeman building as compared to 2020. The MDA does require significant water usage to run equipment in our Laboratory building. The Department of Administration is retrofitting low-flow valves for Capitol Complex toilets, which we expect will help with these numbers.

MDA will continue to follow and adhere to all sustainability standards and water reduction initiatives the Department of Administration conducts throughout its leased building space. MDA's water consumption is less than 1% of the enterprise.

MDA will focus on managing its agency footprint for optimum water-use efficiency while continuing to provide agricultural services across the state.

Committed to Sustainability

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