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

sustainability@bpcp.orgwww.bpcp.org