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TCAAP Energy Integration Resiliency Framework <br />Brief <br /> <br /> <br /> 12 <br />The thermal loads of homes and commercial buildings will <br />be impacted by the building envelope, street orientation, lot <br />and building orientation, and building massing. The likely <br />locations where street orientation could vary significantly to <br />accommodate energy implications would be the Creek, the <br />Hill, and the Transition neighborhood on the periphery of <br />the Town Center. <br />By considering these variables prior to the subdivision process, planners and developers have the <br />opportunity to produce efficient results with little or no-cost impacts. <br />High-Efficiency Streetlights <br />The City of Arden Hills has included a site-wide requirement for all streetlights to be “high-efficiency <br />lighting, such as LED lamps.” This requirement will trigger the inclusion of high efficiency lights in the <br />development process. Current LED technology saves approximately 50% to 70% of lighting energy use. <br />Another significant cost savings occurs by additionally reducing maintenance costs, given the longer life <br />of the bulbs. <br />Community Participation and Education <br />Community participation and education have been consistently mentioned as important factors for <br />TCAAP, both to engage the wider Arden Hills community and to leverage the energy savings potential <br />from facilitating ongoing awareness of energy use by site tenants and residents. Many details of <br />community engagement will need to be planned once the site sees its first residents and tenants. <br />However, certain engagement elements can be planned for or implemented during the early <br />development stage, including: <br /> A TCAAP or Arden Hills-wide website that tracks energy goals and performance of buildings at <br />the site, including energy and carbon savings. The website could promote major metrics and <br />milestones, and issue periodic challenges (e.g. the “lowest user” challenge). <br /> Community-wide open house or showcase events of leading edge technologies on the site, <br />especially for housing, that will attract and excite potential residents. <br /> Commissioning of design or signage elements in public spaces that connect users to the site’s <br />energy resiliency goals and their contribution and participation in those goals. A targeted <br />marketing campaign around community solar development, as an early symbol of community- <br />driven, low carbon energy use at the site. <br />By pairing solar heat <br />gains and window <br />design strategies, <br />heating energy savings <br />can be up to 30%