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.

Are you familiar with Balboa Park?

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

ACEEE Conference Poster

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

Thank You

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