Webinars on sustainable conservation

Two live webinars on sustainable conservation

    "Cost Effective and Sustainable Packing, Moving, and Storage"
    December 1, 2015
    2pm EST

    "Examining the Environmental Impact of Exhibitions and Loans
    using the Life Cycle Assessment Tool"
    December 8, 2015
    2pm EST

Each webinar is 90 minutes (60 minutes presentation, 30 minutes Q&A)

"Cost Effective and Sustainable Packing, Moving, and Storage":

    How have museums and libraries worked to reduce waste during
    packing for exhibitions or a move? How have institutions
    developed green housing and storage solutions for their
    collections? What systems for organizing materials have they
    found useful? This workshop will approach these questions both
    from a planning perspective as well as offering practical
    hands-on practices.

    The webinar will introduce participants to:

        Methods of developing green housing and storage while taking
        into account the requirements for the exhibition and access
        of the collection

        Strategies for institutions to integrate sustainability into
        efforts to improve access to the collections for research

"Examining the Environmental Impact of Exhibitions and Loans using
the Life Cycle Assessment Tool":

    The session will introduce the concept of a Life Cycle
    Assessment (LCA) and suggest ways that collecting institutions
    can evaluate exhibition and loan energy use and materials from
    cradle to grave.  From these evaluations, sustainable aspects of
    exhibitions and loans will be identified and discussed.
    Providing life cycle assessments for loans, exhibitions, and
    lighting can improve the long term preservation of cultural
    heritage collections in an environmentally sustainable way.

    The webinar will introduce conservators and collections care
    professionals to:

        Tools that can be used to evaluate the sustainability of
        current practices

        Methods of reducing their carbon footprint, minimize the
        release of toxic chemicals into the environment, and reduce
        production of waste, without sacrificing effective
        preventive conservation measures or unnecessarily limiting
        treatment options

Single Webinar

    AIC Members: $29
    Non-members: $39

Webinar Package

    AIC Members: $39
    Non-members: $49

For more information, visit the Foundation for the American
Institute for Conservation's website

    <URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/education/education/current-courses>

or contact:

    Sarah Saetren, FAIC Education Assistant
    202-661-8071
    Fax: 202-452-9328
    courses<-at->conservation-us<.>org


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