New England Museum Association

The New England Museum Association will lead a comparative research study to collect and analyze energy use data from a representative sample of museums, creating the first estimate of the field's energy impacts on climate. Project activities, completed in partnership with New Buildings Institute and up to 148 museums, will research the current state of energy consumption and management in the U.S. museum field and result in multiple data products, grouped by similar institutions or spaces, to guide museums in the reduction of energy consumption. The outcome of the project activities will help museums make strategic energy management decisions that benefit individual museums as well as the climate system for long-term health and safety of living beings, communities, and cultures.