Sib koom cov kev ua peb twb coj mus txwv cov carbon footprint ntawm tus LifeSource Lub tsev hauv paus, peb yuav tsum acknowledge keeb kwm ntawm lub teb chaws no sits rau. Peb acknowledge tias lub teb chaws LifeSource Lub tsev hauv paus sits rau yog lub teb chaws ancestral ntawm lub Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (o-CHET-e shock-A-we) (los yog xya council fires) Dakota Neeg, specifically tus Wahpekute (wah-HE-coot) lub teb chaws.

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Txawm tias ua ntej yuav tsiv mus nyob rau peb minneapolis lub tsev hauv paus nyob rau xyoo 2014, cov stewardship ntawm daim av thiab qhov chaw yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm peb lub koom haum nyuas. Qhov no yog ib lub caij nyoog peb pom nyob rau hauv peb lub tsev ntawm nws qhov chaw tam sim no – ntxuav tau ib brownfield.

Teb Chaws Asmeskas EPA tau txiav txim tau tias lub teb chaws yuav tsum tau txhim kho thiab muaj "muaj los yog tej zaum muaj ib yam khoom hazardous, pollutant, los yog contaminant." Hloov cov av uas muaj av zoo ua ntej lub tsev yuav tsis zoo xwb peb, tab sis countless lwm tus vim yog peb proximity rau tus dej Mississippi river.

Thaum kawg, peb tshem tawm 22,000 tons ntawm cov av, rov qab mus rau ib greenfield.

Sustainable tsim

Peb Minneapolis lub tsev hauv paus ua tau nrog sustainability hauv siab. Xav tej kev xyaum tau incorporated ntawm hauv pem teb, thiab txawm rau lub-ru tsev.

Lub Vaj Muab Kev Kho

Qhov chaw no yog tsim los nquam paj nquam nruas cov nqaij mos, qhov muag, thiab organ hloov thiab lawv tsev neeg. Cov nroj tsuag ntawm no yog continuously blooming nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav, lub caij ntuj sov thiab lub caij nplooj zeeg. Tus pollinator-tus phooj ywg greenery txhawb haiv neeg kab, noog, thiab lwm cov tsiaj qus, thiab raws li stabilizing hauv pem teb nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tsev.

nag

Peb lub vaj zaub zoo los lim dej kom zoo los ntawm filtering tawm pollutants. Cov haiv neeg vegetation attracts bees, kab thiab noog uas zoo thiab tseem ceeb rau peb lub zos ecosystem.

Kev Tsa Teeb Thiab Teeb Lub Sijhawm Teem Tseg

Peb sab hauv thiab sab nrauv teeb yog programmed rau ib lub sij hawm, automatically xa rau/off raws li lub sij hawm hnub ntawd. Ntxiv thiab, sablaj chav tsev thiab chaw ua hauj lwm muaj tsab ntawv tsa suab activated teeb tig tom qab ib tug nqi ntawm lub sij hawm yog tsab ntawv tsa suab yog tsis kuaj. Cov no yog me me tab sis tseem ceeb zog efficiency ua tau rau hauv peb qhov chaw.

Vapor Barrier

Lwm txoj kev uas peb twb incorporated zog efficiency yog nrog peb vapor barrier exterior wrapping. Lub Vapor barrier tsim ib seal txwv kom tsis txhob raug sab nraum lub ntsiab xws li moisture thiab huab siab thiab tsis tshua muaj temps.

Rooftop vaj

Lwm lub vaj zaub? Yog kawg. Qhov no yog ib lub rooftop ntawm peb lub tsev. Lub rooftop vaj txo rainwater runoff, txhim kho cua zoo thiab pab tswj qhov kub ntawm lub tsev. No unassuming vaj surrounds ib patio me patio uas pab neeg yuav ua hauj lwm sab nraum los yog cia li coj ib pliag kom txaus siab rau sab nraum zoov.

Lub Luag Hauj Lwm Ntxiv

Ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev uas ua rau nws yooj yim ua yog ib txoj kev uas peb nyob peb qhov tseem ceeb li ib lub koom haum. Qhov ntxiv peb twb incorporated rau hauv peb lub tsev txo peb lub zog siv thiab tus nqi khib nyiab peb tsim.

Recycling Organics

Peb compost ib thaj tsam li ntawm 2 tons ntawm cov zaub mov khib nyiab txhua xyoo, diverting 36% ntawm peb khib nyiab ntawm landfill.

Yog diverting peb organic khib nyiab ntawm landfills peb txo methane gasses nyob rau saum tej huab cua. Khwb khuav koom hauv composting organics txhais tau tias peb nyob nraum tau zoo stewards rau peb cheeb tsam thiab qhov ib feem ntawm cov tshuaj.

Dej fwj fill noj

Peb muaj 3 filtered dej fwj sau noj ntawm LifeSource. Peb txhawb reuse ntawm containers, txo tus nqi yas fwj fwj yuav nkag mus rau landfills. 

Solar Panels

LifeSource Muaj ib lub hnub ci arrays hauv lub ntxaib ntxaib.

Lub 165,000 kWh ntawm hluav taws xob generated txhua xyoo los ntawm peb solar panels txuag 134,350 phaus ntawm thee los tau kub tuag txhua xyoo. Tiv thaiv no co2 ntawm tau txiav txim rau cov cua yog sib npaug ntxiv 82 acres ntawm tsob ntoo rau peb forests! Tshaj 30 xyoo span, lawv yuav offset li 7,425,000 phaus los yog 3,712 tons ntawm carbon dioxide.

Tsheb fais hloov chaw nres tsheb yam lig

Peb txhawb qhov txo cov emissions los muab ib lub tsheb fais them chaw nres tsheb hauv peb chaw nres tsheb thiab.