Post on 19-Jan-2015
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Green Museums
Robin ClarkeCommunity Museums OfficerLeicestershire County Council
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“It is exciting to have a real crisis on your hands, when you have spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the
environment”
“It is exciting to have a real crisis on your hands, when you have spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the
environment”Margaret Thatcher on the Falklands Crisis, May 1982
Timing
Opportunity
Sustainability
The right thing to do!
Why?
Phase One
Are museums interested in environmental issues?
Are museums already taking action?
What support is needed to enable museums to do more?
very interested
not interested
quite interested
interested
Interested?
Acting?
Most are taking basic action
Some buy green electricity
Many encourage the use of public transport
Significant commitment to using local suppliers
A few offset their emissions
11 sites have energy reduction strategies
Learning?
¾ of respondents believed museums could play a role in
environmental education
Hercules Wind Wheel, 1905Deutsches Museum, Munich
Good Practice?
Energy Efficiency
Sustainability incorporated into new-build and renovation projects
Events, exhibitions and other initiatives
Two water mills selling power back to the grid
Analysis
Independent Museums are more able to take action
Money is vital!
Green Champions are essential
Phase Two
One-to-one support given to six museums
Large museums
Small museums
Independent museums
Local authority museums
Wigston Framework Knitters Museum
Phase Two
Each museum was supported to
Measure and record their energy usage
Identify potential areas for action
Develop an action plan
Access funding to help implement actions
Develop an environmental policy
Papplewick Pumping Station
Phase Three
11 further museums received one-to-one support
A helpline was put in place to support use of the step-by-step guide
Capital funding was being sought to implement recommendations
The Step by Step Guide
The Step by Step Guide
The Step by Step Guide
Step 1
Monitor your energy usage
The Step by Step Guide
The Step by Step Guide
Step 2
The walk around tool
The Step by Step Guide
The Step by Step Guide
Step 3
The Target Score Card
The Step by Step Guide
The Step by Step Guide
Step 4
Action Planning
The Step by Step Guide
The Step by Step Guide
Step 5
implementation
The Step by Step Guide
Successes
Church Farm Museum
Greens Mill
Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway
Wigston Framework Knitters Museum
Derby Silk Mill
The Film
Sharing!
The Future
Questions?
“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less
time proving that he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness
and respecting her seniority”
E.B. White (1899-1985)
Green Museums
Robin ClarkeCommunity Museums OfficerLeicestershire County Council
0116 305 4140 / 07825 062 002robin.clarke@leics.gov.uk
Download the Guide:http://www.emms.org.uk/renaissance/museums_moving_forward
http://tiny.cc/greenmuseums
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