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o Publicize individual accomplishments using case studies 1.4.2. Create business -facing energy use cases/company spotlights 1.4.3. Develop business -specific outreach materials on opportunities, incentives, and tangible and intangible benefits 1.4.4. Launch a public -private energy efficiency campaign to catalyze action in large businesses 1.4.5. Identify large commercial entities with climate goals to act as community leaders, coordinate with Action 1.1.5 1.4.6. Expand use of behavioral strategies (e.g. turning off electronics, programming thermostats, etc.) to drive energy reductions RESOURCES • Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) —The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program allows home and business owners to finance efficiency projects through a voluntary assessment on their property. • Saint Paul Port Authority (Trillion BTU) —The Trillion BTU program, administered by Saint Paul Port Authority, provides rebates and loans to businesses to complete energy improvements • MN Department of Commerce (Rev It Up) — Commerce annually solicits a request for proposals (RFP) from units of local government seeking low-cost, long-term capital to finance community energy efficiency and renewable energy system projects that are financed via energy savings and/or projected revenues created by the systems. • Xcel Energy — Offers a variety of rebates and efficiency programs to customers. • CenterPoint— Offers a variety of rebates and efficiency programs to customers. • Institute for Market Transformation — Provides more rationale behind this type of policy, along with case study examples and a tool to compare policies across the country. • American Council for an Energy -Efficient Economy —The State and Local Policy database includes many cities' building energy disclosure policies and their requirements. • Minneapolis — The City of Minneapolis has passed a Building Rating & Disclosure Policy. This document lays out the rationale of the policy, how it is designed, its benefits, and how it will be enforced. GOAL 2: Reduce energy consumption in small to mid -size commercial buildings by 30% by 2030, as compared to the business -as -usual forecast. Small and mid -sized commercial buildings are defined here as less than 20,000 square feet. These buildings currently comprise 75% of the total number of commercial buildings in St. Louis Park (460 of 626), but are estimated to consume only 36%of the commercial energy; an effective engagement strategy will be necessary to reduce the burden on time and staff resources and achieve high participation. Strategies: • Building Retrofits: 117 small and mid -sized buildings complete retrofits by 2030, resulting in an average energy savings of 18% (0.7% of total building emissions). • Appliance Equipment and Fixture Efficiency: 188 buildings replace equipment with high efficiency models, resulting in an average energy savings of 17% (2.6% of total building emissions). • Efficient Building Operations: By 2030, 235 buildings are actively engaged in building operations BMPs, saving an average of 23% (3.0% of total building emissions).