MN Sustainability

The MDA is committed to energy reduction.

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

We will continue to follow and adhere to all sustainability standards and energy reduction initiatives that are administered throughout the leased building space. We will continue to focus on managing our geographic footprint for optimum efficiency while providing agricultural services across the state. We account for less than 1% of state government’s total energy use.

The MDA is committed to water reduction.

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

We will continue to follow and adhere to all sustainability standards and water reduction initiatives Admin conducts throughout its leased building space. We account for less than 1% of state government’s total water use.

We will focus on managing our building footprint for optimum water-use efficiency while continuing to provide agricultural services across the state.

Committed to Sustainability

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