Hi Bridget

I went to an interesting meeting at Herefordshire Archives where they talked about the design of their new(ish) building (opened 2015) which was built to PassivHaus standards.

The archive building is both a store and a place for the public to visit so different areas have different temperature & humidity requirements.

This large building requires just one small domestic boiler for heating and a smaller cooler unit to keep it at the required conditions saving approx 80% of fuel consumption compared to a standard build.

And the cost of building it all came in lower than a traditional build.

It made me wonder why not more public buildings are built to this standard.

Best wishes

Linda

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, 12:50 Bridget McKenzie, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hello

Now that it's clear we're in a Climate and Ecological Emergency, what is the latest thinking and practice about how museums can respond, in particular powered by digital technology? 

Do you have any stories to share about what you're doing? What do you think your organisation, or the museums sector, SHOULD be doing?  

The main reason I'm asking is so that your thoughts will help in development of the Festival of Change as part of the Museums Association conference, coming up in early October. 

But also, you might want to look at my emerging effort to create a digital collection on climate as part of Climate Museum UK
https://climatemuseumuk.org/digital-museum/ 
If you have any suggestions of ways this could be more collaborative, e.g. supporting anything you're working on, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Best wishes 

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