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Attachment G 3³®±¬ 7 ³¤± %§ ¢¤¬¤³ ,#$! &´£¨¦ also provides funding for storm water management enhancements. Best Management Practices can be utilized to minimize and control pollutant runoff from entering rivers, lakes and wetlands which will improve local water quality. Edison will look to utilize these practices that go above and beyond standard storm water management including features for: Rainwater Harvesting Capturing rain water from building rooftops and the solar carports to be used for landscape watering needs to reduce the use of potable water. Raingardens Will allow rainwater runoff from impervious areas the opportunity to be absorbed into the ground which reduces erosion, water pollution, flooding and diminished ground water. 3®« ± %¤±¦¸ ,#$! &´£¨¦ Unlike conventional energy sources, solar produces clean energy for decades beyond its initial installation. The use of solar energy for multifamily projects in Minnesota is still in the early stages. Nearly all only utilize solar energy to off-set the building energy usage. Because solar energy is typically tied to one subscriber (one meter), it is typically the building owner that realizes the savings not the residents. Edison will look to design a solar system that will not only allow the building owner to see the benefits of solar, but also the residents. To do this, Edison will create a community solar garden which residents can subscribe to. This is an easy way for residents to subscribe and get paid for the solar energy produced by the solar garden. The residents would still buy and use energy as they always have, but they would receive a payment for their portion of the their monthly energy bill. Edison is in the early stages of its solar design, but a community solar garden will take a substantial area to accomplish the needed solar array. One option, which would be the first in Minnesota for this type of development, is solar carports. Solar carports have many advantages including keeping vehicles cooler and reducing their sunlight exposure, protecting vehicles from weather such as hail, snow and rain and reducing maintenance costs to parking spaces beneath the solar carports. Because of oil, sand, salt and other contaminants, rain water run-off from parking lots cannot typically be utilized for harvesting and reuse. With the solar carports, water run-off can be captured with gutters and then piped to the underground water cisterns. Γ Ȟ Page