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Title: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of the USDA-ARS "Soils" Lab in Morris, Minnesota

Author
item Wagner, Steven

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/16/2010
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The Soils Lab in Morris adopted energy goals originally set forth by Executive Order 13423, which in short, called for a 30% reduction in energy use in federal facilities by 2015 and a 16% reduction in water use in the same time frame. Executive Order 13514 "Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance," signed by President Obama on October 5, 2009, re-affirms and expands these challenging goals. Economic and environmental impacts of energy-saving measures currently implemented and those planned for the Morris location will be discussed.