The document discusses developing a methodology to calculate the carbon footprint of museum loans. It outlines measuring the greenhouse gas emissions from various components of loans like packing, wrapping, transport, and couriers. A pilot study was conducted that calculated the carbon footprint of loans from the National Museum Wales in 2006 was 53 tonnes of CO2. Recommendations are provided to reduce the carbon footprint of loans such as reusing materials, using more efficient transport methods, and better planning of exhibition routes.

1. The Carbon Footprint of Museum Loans Developing a methodology at Cardiff University Simon Lambert, ICCROM

3. Context

8. IMPROVE EFFICIENCY ✔ Environmental impact Loans programme

9. Increasing public access to collections through loans does not necessarily mean reducing activities

11. Methodology “ If you cannot measure it you cannot improve it.” Lord Kelvin (1883)

13. Loan components Packing Wrapping Transport Couriers

15. Nobody’s perfect. Carbon footprints either.

16. GHG Protocol Existing methodologies Organisations PAS 2050 (BSI) Products & services

20. Transport agent Wrapping Packing cases Couriers

22. GAS ELECTRICITY OPERATIONS AT SITE 1 OPERATIONS AT SITE 2 CARBON FOOTPRINT OFFSITE OPERATIONS

23. Packing Wrapping Transport Couriers

25. Loan components Packing Wrapping Transport Couriers ? kg kg km km days nights

27. 34/2006-OUT Turner exhibition 3.6 - 6.12 Re-used for duration of loan 5.3 7.2 15.9 12.24 436 349.7 1044 747 478 4.7 3473 - 0 0

28. 4159 4.2

29. Environmental Impact of Loans ( EIL ) performance indicator (level of access & environmental impact) Full article downloadable here: http://tinyurl.com/3etnvu4

30. Results

31. Baseline data 2006 destinations UK Int EU loan statistics 216 objects 29 loans

32. Footprint: 53 tCO 2 2006

33. 53 tCO 2 1 year’s loans NMW 20 flights NYC-LON 1 hour Royal Mail 53 tCO 2 Single Smithsonian exhibition 38 tCO 2 6 UK residents comparisons

34. 53 tCO 2 60 tCO 2 1,000 tCO 2 30 tCO 2 20 tCO 2

41. How much time? Retrospective assessment by outside consultant 1h / loan (30 loans; 216 objects) ≈ 1 week’s work “ As you go” by in-house staff ?

42. Recommendations registrars collections managers conservators

49. The future

50. Outward loans 1 2 3 4

51. Travelling exhibitions SHOW 1 2 3 4

52. Travelling exhibitions A/C Packing Wrapping Transport Couriers Visitors travel