bpcp presentation wma 2011
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Collaboration Case Study
Greening Balboa Park
Rory RuppertDirector,
Environmental Sustainability
September 26, 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 History Center
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
The Beginning
A CrisisCity was considering
alternate uses for
Balboa Park
- Danger!- and Opportunity
Catalysts for Collaboration
• Diminishing financial resources
• Opportunity to build relations with the City
• Desire to increase professionalism across the different institutions
• Address deferred maintenance
• Leadership in the Park
Partnership Structure
• Two-year strategic planning process– Facilitated– Staffed– Grant-funded
• Broad, committed participation– Executive Directors
• Operation of a physical facility• Full-time paid Executive Director• Governed by a Board of Directors• Commitment to attend all sessions
– Community Council• Research
Same and Different
Shared Qualities
• Geographic proximity
• Shared landlord
• Business models rely on audiences (visitors)
• Shared issues (e.g., parking, city funding)
• Success of one builds success of others
Differences
• Different missions
• Assorted types of institutions (performing arts, gardens, museums, zoo)
• Varying sizes of institutions
• Free vs. paid admission
• Greater efficiency, innovation and excellence • Strengthen the sustainability and vitality of Balboa
Park • Enhance audience experience and access• Enrich the cultural life of the San Diego region
Benefits of Collaboration
• 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 Core 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
2015 Centennial Celebration
• Opportunity to transform Balboa Park for the next 100 years
• Opportunity to showcase Balboa Park- Cultural tourism- Innovation and excellence
in arts, science, and culture - Collaboration
• New funding sources
Education, Practices, Measurement, Retrofits
• SAVE energy, gas and water & 1.5 million annually
• education campus to build green workforce - 10,000 attendees
• museum exhibits - increase by 25%
• resource management - increase by 50%
• green (collective) procurement - increase by 50%
• shared services - increase by 25%
• water conservation - increase by 40%
• model LEED certification measures - 10 buildings
• increase renewable energy resources - by 20%
By 2015-Sustainability Showcase
Achievements & Sharing
• 2 USGBC LEED Certified Institutions – Reuben H. Fleet Science Center - Silver – San Diego Natural History Museum - 1935
• Balboa Park Cultural Partnership
Case 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
Visitors/Green WorkforceEducation
Collaboration
Balboa ParkLeadership, Staff and Volunteers
Park StakeholdersCity Council, City of San Diego Staff,
Park & Recreation DepartmentLocal Historical Board,
State Historical Preservation Office
Contractors/ConsultantsRetrofits, New Buildings
Sustainability PartnersSan Diego Gas & Electric, USGBC
Sustainability Experts, Universities, Foundations, Corporate Sponsors
Sustainability Education
Since 2008, over 5,000 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
Energy Efficiency
Created energy efficiency initiative in Balboa Park through collaboration:
•City of San Diego
•San Diego Gas & Electric
•US Green Building Council
saving 6 million kilowatts hours and over$1,000,000 annually
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Retrofit Projects
LIGHTING REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADESキキ Ballroom, Exhibit Space and Cases, offices, elevators, visitor centers and gift shopキキ Common hallways, atriums and galleriesキキ Fixtures control, ballast and bulbs
HEATING & AIR CONDITIONINGキキ Air handler, Chiller, Compressor replacementキキ Cross pipingキキ Outside air gauge キキ Variable Frequency drives:
- hot water pumpsキキ– air handlersキキ– Chiller Pumps
ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMキキ Control– heating/chilled water tempsキキ Central Plant, air handlers, Sensorsキキ Control system upgrades
SERVER VIRTUALIZATION PROJECTS キ Server Consolidation - 25 reduces to 7 servers
ACEEE Conference Poster
Collective Business
$450,000 Program Annual Savings
– 20% credit card processing
– 20% general insurance
– 30-75% office supplies
– 20% payroll services
– 30% waste & recycling
Information Exchange and Shared Resources
Collective Purchasing
Community Building /Leverage
San Diego -- Green Building Council: GAP Program
• Hands On Applied Learning about LEED Certification
• Re-enforces Triple-Bottom Line
• Continuing education credit and new green industry job accreditation
World Beat Cultural Center outcomes: - 40 % Water use reduction
- 15 % Energy reduction
- Improved air quality and ventilation
- ENERGYSTAR© facility designation
Staff & Partners
working together to make things happen…
BPCP staff, BPCP Consultants, USGBC Executive Director and San Diego Gas & Electric staff working with Park staff, City of San Diego’s Grant Manager to prepare for grant requirements while doing energy efficiency projects with American Recovery Act - stimulus funds
• Leadership: solving problems and creating new opportunities.
• Increasing political presence through unity and advocacy.
• Attracting new sources of funding
• Creating $450,000 in annual savings in collective purchasing and $1,000,000 in reduced utility bills annually.
• Saving 6 million killowatt hours of electricity annually, lower carbon foot print.
• Strengthening communication, sharing and the Park as a learning community.
• Creating a culture of innovation, excellence and collaboration to better serve our community
What is collaboration achieving?
What were the lessons learned?
• Environmental Sustainability practices are good for business, buildings, collections and people.
• Collaboration attract funders
• Start small and build (scale) -– Informal process (i.e. Lunch & Learns)
• Create multiple entry points for engagement
• Measure and share results
• Look to other success stories for new ideas
• Educate decision makers in the far reaching value of a program and create opportunities for them to be involved as a program grows
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Mahalo
Rory Ruppert
Director of Environmental SustainabilityBalboa Park Sustainability Program,
a program of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership