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with further evidence to support their claimed impact and resubmit. Project benefits may be easier to illustrate once routes or signage locations are identified through the planned community engagement. The CFE recommends not funding this application. While the CFE feels it is important to make highly visible sustainability investments to important community buildings such as this,there are problems with this proposed project and the application itself. Fundraising is still ongoing and therefore the funding for these sustainability upgrades might be able to come from other sources. The application is also incomplete as it contains no greenhouse gas emissions estimates. The CFE liked that these proposed upgrades would provide value over a long lifetime,but were concerned that their proposed energy efficiency impacts overlapped and cancelled each other out in many cases. For instance,the expensive Solarban window film would be applied to Sustainabilit Carrboro primarily north-facing windows, limiting its impact. If those windows y Upgrades Arts Center also had automatic roller shades that would further reduce the impact of the window film and the daylight available to supplement the proposed smart LED lighting system. Also, given that the designs for this large commercial building have not yet been finalized,this project may not be able to be implemented within two years. The CFE recommends that the applicant address these concerns and reapply. The bike rack and the bike and vehicle charging station component of the application was discussed favorably by the CFE,though some felt that these should either be added to the basic project design, or they could be added in later once the need for grant funding was clarified and the greenhouse gas impact of the proposal could be estimated. Page 6 of 6