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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : AltaMira Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xvi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0759111642
  • 9780759111646
  • 0759111650
  • 9780759111653
Other title:
  • Primer on environmental practice
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 069 22
LOC classification:
  • AM7 .B765 2008
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-174) and index.

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.

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