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Page 11 of 20 <br /> <br />17. Are the impacted residents <br />already aware of the potential <br />positive and negative impacts <br />of your project and the steps <br />you are taking? If not, please <br />describe your plan to engage <br />with them and how you will act <br />based on their input: <br />The congregation will be made fully aware of the project in the <br />days ahead, but they have been fully supportive of the initial <br />solar panel initiative, so expect even stronger support given the <br />more apparent climate changes impacting all of us. <br />18. During and after the project, <br />what will your continued <br />engagement with the <br />community be? <br />It will remain strong for all those we serve, which is a very <br />diverse groupings of people. <br />19. Please describe any other <br />aspect of your project that is <br />relevant to Social Justice and <br />Racial Equity: <br />The primary benefits have previously been articulated. <br />However, this project, if funded, would demonstrate to the <br />community Binkley’s ongoing commitments for Earth Care and <br />Climate Justice and continue to inspire the congregation and <br />church users to conserve energy in their own dwellings. <br /> <br />Criterion 2 - Emissions Reduced <br /> <br />20. How many tons of greenhouse <br />gas emissions will your project <br />reduce/avoid each year? <br />Please list any data sources <br />used and show the steps of any <br />calculations. Feel free to <br />submit in a separate document <br />if clearly labelled: <br />Our existing 50 panels are producing about 16 MWh/year and <br />in doing so have reduced more than 30,000 lbs. of carbon/year <br />from entering the atmosphere. This data is from our Solar <br />dashboard: https://monitoring.solaredge.com/solaredge- <br />web/p/site/268805/#/dashboard <br />The dashboard requires a username and password, which we <br />can provide if needed to confirm these data. <br />21. For how many years will this <br />emissions reduction take place <br />because of your project? <br />Please consider the expected <br />lifetime of the <br />technology/program/impact <br />etc. <br />The exact lifetime of the solar panels is unknown for certain but <br />based on documents from Solar Solutions and other sources, <br />we anticipate that the panels should produce power at least <br />80% of their specified output for 20 to 30 years. The proposal <br />submitted to us from Solar Solutions for the additional 46 <br />panels shows a degradation rate of o.5%/year on an estimated <br />23,905 kWh/Year, which a higher productivity and efficiency <br />rate than our older panels. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 77953783-C404-4AD0-84BA-D739A58B1A83