The green museum : a primer on environmental practice / Sarah S. Brophy and Elizabeth Wylie.

  • Sutton, Sarah, 1961 August 16-
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[2008]
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Description

"In The Green Museum, authors Sarah S. Brophy and Elizabeth Wylie offer a complete handbook to guide museum staff in incorporating green design into new construction and day-to-day operations. Sustainable practices can save on operating costs and even make museums attractive to new fundraising sources, as Brophy and Wylie show in case studies of museums that have already taken steps to become green. In this easy-to-read book, they demystify the process of going green, including detailed explanations of, for example, the basics of recycling, options for environmentally friendly exhibit design, and how to conduct energy audits. The Green Museum is full of practical information for museums of any size and a vital resource for every museum that wants to remain relevant in an increasingly green world."--Jacket.

Publication/Creation

Lanham : AltaMira Press, A Division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., [2008]

Physical description

xvi, 200 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents

Green is good for all museums -- Collections care -- Green is here to stay -- How do you know what green is? -- What makes buildings, sites, and operations green? -- Get the green word out -- Green influence, advocacy, and market muscle -- Synergies with existing green practices -- Turning the idea into policy and public trust -- Public expectations -- Case: Green education in Las Vegas -- Knowing what is green -- People and systems integration -- Benchmarking and creating a baseline -- Carbon footprint -- Energy audits -- Waste stream audits -- Life cycle analysis : construction and daily use -- LEED program -- Other metrics, tools, and systems -- Accreditation -- Case: The Getty Center and LEED-EB -- Case: Greening Mass Audubon -- Where does it start? -- Creating a green team -- Implementation -- Integrated waste management -- Waste load reduction -- Green products and sourcing -- Green food service and systems -- Green cleaning and maintenance -- Green exhibitions and materials -- Green exhibitions and energy -- Energy efficiency and energy generation -- Water conservation and management -- Green roofs and walls -- Landscape and maintenance practices -- Green open space -- Green historic preservation -- Green transportation -- Green education: connecting the dots -- Where does it end? It doesn't! -- Policy -- Case: Go green in foodservice -- Case: Merging green and historic preservation -- Sources and approaches -- Making the case -- Funding examples -- Agency support: federal, state, and local -- Nongrant programs -- Corporate support -- Mixing funders -- Individual donors -- Conclusion.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-174) and index.

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  • 9780759111646
  • 0759111642