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Greening Balboa Park
Green Museum Web-ConferenceSpotlight Session
Rory RuppertDirector,
Environmental Sustainability
April 19, 2011
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Keeping the Green in Balboa Park
Awareness. Sustainability. Leadership.
Balboa Park Central
Balboa Park Online Collaborative
Centro Cultural de la Raza
House of Pacific Relations
Japanese Friendship Garden Society
of San Diego
Mingei International Museum
Museum of Photographic Arts
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
San Diego Air & Space Museum
San Diego Art Institute
San Diego Automotive Museum
San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum
San Diego Historical Society
San Diego Junior Theatre
San Diego Model Railroad Museum
San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Man
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Youth Symphony
Spanish Village Art Center
Spreckels Organ Society
The Old Globe
Timken Museum of Art
Veterans Museum & Memorial Center
WorldBeat Center
San Diego Zoo
26 Arts, Science and Cultural Institutions
Our cultural community
• Advocacy, Sharing, and Communication
• Balboa Park Sustainability Program
• Balboa Park Learning Institute
• 2015 Centennial Celebration Planning
• Collective Business Operations
• Park-wide Membership-Feasibility Study
Partnership Initiatives
Preserve and enhance Balboa Park:
• Strengthen social, environmental & economic vitality
• Educate, measure and promote sustainable practices
• Increase accessibility for our visitors
Balboa Park Sustainability Program
Visitors/Green WorkforceEducation
Collaboration
Balboa ParkLeadership, Staff and Volunteers
Park StakeholdersCity of San Diego, Park & Recreation
Contractors/ConsultantsRetrofits
Sustainability PartnersSan Diego Gas & Electric, USGBC
Sustainability Program
Education• Engage/mentor• museum exhibits• learn from nature
Practices• Green polices• shared services
Measurement• Utility use• cost cycle analysis• carbon footprint
Retrofits• energy, gas, water• renewable energy• emerging technologies
Education
Since 2008, over 4,000 Park staff and the public
attended workshops, trainings, and forums:•Public Forums •Public Sustainability Workshops •Facilities Director Lunch and Learns•CFO, Business Manager affinity meetings
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Practices/Measurement
Practices: •US Green Building Council - LEED model
• reduce, reuse, and recycle
• green procurement
• shared services
Measurement:
Energy/Gas Use - EPA ENERGYSTAR© Benchmarking Portfolio Manager
-19 institutions participating, 11 ENERGY STAR © Partners
Carbon Footprint - Climate Registry/SDG&E Cool Planet Program
2007-2010 Retrofits
17 institutions completed 40 energy efficiency projects: 27 lighting retrofits
12 heating & air conditioning systems
1 Energy Management System
Created energy efficiency initiative in Balboa Park with our partners: •City of San Diego
•San Diego Gas & Electric
•San Diego County Water Authority
•Friends of Balboa Park
•US Green Building Council
saving 5.4 Million kWh
annually
Retrofit Projects
LIGHTING UPGRADESキ ballrooms, offices, elevators, gift shopsキ hallways, atriums and galleriesキ showcase lighting, controls and bulbs
ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMキ heating/chilled water tempsキ central Plant, air handlers, Sensorsキ control system upgrades
HEATING & AIR CONDITIONINGキ air handler replacementキ chiller replacementキ compressor replacementキ cross pipingキ outside air gauge キ variable frequency Drives (VFD)
- hot water pumps – air handlers - chiller pumps
SERVER VIRTUALIZATION PROJECTS キ キ E server consolidation - 25 - 7 servers
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Energy Management System
saving$800,000 annually
$2 million stimulus funds30 Energy Efficiency Projects
Example funded projects: Mingei International Museum
Energy Efficiency Retrofits -
- HVAC Compressor $106,838
- Energy Management System $99,412
$206,250
Savings: 126,587 KWhs =
$40,337 Annually
2011 -2012 Retrofits
Green Assistance Program
San Diego Green Building Council: GAP Program
• Hands On Applied Learning • Teaches Triple-Bottom Line• Continuing education and green job training
World Beat Cultural Center anticipated outcomes: - 40 % Water use reduction
- 15 % Energy reduction - Improved air quality - ENERGYSTAR© designation
Museum of Man: next location
Staff & Partners
working together to make things happen…
BPCP staff, BPCP Consultants, USGBC Executive Director and San Diego Gas & Electric staff at the San Diego Zoo working with Park staff, City of San Diego’s Grant Manager to prepare for grant requirements while doing energy efficiency projects with stimulus funds
Achievements & Sharing
• 2 USGBG LEED Certified Institutions – Reuben H. Fleet Science Center - Silver – San Diego Natural History Museum - 1935
• Balboa Park Cultural PartnershipCase Studies - – Award: 2010 Sustainability Showcase
California Sustainability Alliance
– Book Chapter: Sustainable Museums: Strategies for the 21st Century
- Conference Paper/Poster:American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy (ACEEE): Greening Balboa Park
Lessons Learned
Sustainability is good for business,
buildings, collections and people
• Range of projects and costs
• New sources of funding
- don’t be afraid of the paperwork
- successful collaboration attract funders
• New products & technologies
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Lessons Learned
Sustainability is good for business,
buildings, collections and people
• Staff and audiences better experience
- a healthier, more comfortable environment
• Look to success stories for new ideas
- attract new partners and audiences
• How would nature do it?
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SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
• SAVE utilities - $1.5 million annually
• Biomimicry campus - San Diego Zoo
• museum exhibits - increase by 25%
• resource management - increase by 50%
• green procurement - increase by 50%
• shared services - increase by 25%
• water conservation - increase by 40%
• USGBC LEED district- 10 buildings
• increase renewable resources - by 20%
2015 - Sustainability Showcase