Comments on: The Art Of Going Green In The Museum http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/green-museums WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vesica http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/green-museums/comment-page-1#comment-32487 Vesica Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=14215#comment-32487 How about using solar energy? How about using solar energy?

]]> By: William Lull http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/green-museums/comment-page-1#comment-8670 William Lull Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:09:52 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=14215#comment-8670 While this is a good interview piece, and gives a flavor of the issues, it does not provide any real guidance. It also nicely side-steps the 900-pound gorilla at the table, so well illustrated by the rendering of the Shapiro Family Courtyard: excesses in building envelope design. Glass is more expensive than brick, and causes more energy use, not only in heating and cooling the building, but in causing light-level adaptation problems for visitors as they move from a bright daylit space to conservation-lit galleries. This either compromises the visitor experience of the galleries, or causes greater light levels (and greater energy use, and more damage to the collections) to account for the adaptation problem. There are three main energy-use loads in most commercial buildings, including museums: outside air, lighting, and building envelope. These can all be modest and still provide a good environment. Unfortunately, little if any constraint is put on architects whose work is the primary variable in determining these loads. Being more efficient is one thing, like the new chiller at the MFA, but being more efficient does not discourage waste. Real energy conservation comes from demanding less. While this is a good interview piece, and gives a flavor of the issues, it does not provide any real guidance. It also nicely side-steps the 900-pound gorilla at the table, so well illustrated by the rendering of the Shapiro Family Courtyard: excesses in building envelope design. Glass is more expensive than brick, and causes more energy use, not only in heating and cooling the building, but in causing light-level adaptation problems for visitors as they move from a bright daylit space to conservation-lit galleries. This either compromises the visitor experience of the galleries, or causes greater light levels (and greater energy use, and more damage to the collections) to account for the adaptation problem.

There are three main energy-use loads in most commercial buildings, including museums: outside air, lighting, and building envelope. These can all be modest and still provide a good environment. Unfortunately, little if any constraint is put on architects whose work is the primary variable in determining these loads. Being more efficient is one thing, like the new chiller at the MFA, but being more efficient does not discourage waste. Real energy conservation comes from demanding less.

]]> By: your wife http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/04/green-museums/comment-page-1#comment-8404 your wife Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:11:15 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=14215#comment-8404 let's go to the Gardner.... let’s go to the Gardner….

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