Museum Education Sessions - 2030 Districts Network

2025

November 2025

Museum Funding Opportunities, Paul Tukey, Potomac Community Foundation and Greg Raffio, GO Sustainable Energy discuss unique funding opporunities

August 2025

Museum Case Studies, Nick Holmes, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and Stephen Carrick, Glenstone Museum discuss case studies in their facilities

May 2025

Museum AI Session, Matt Montgomery, Gardiner and Jane Alexander, Cleveland Museum of Art discuss how AI can be utilized in museums

February 2025

Museum Indoor Air Quality, Gary Chrismon, Camfil USA and Kevin Molls, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame discuss Indoor Air Quality

August 2025 – Museum Case Studies Presentation PDF

November 2025 – Funding Opportunities Presentation PDF

Recorded Education Sessions

Our Museum Group is for Member Museums throughout the Network. Providing education resources to our members is one key way we strive to achieve our goal of reducing carbon in the built environment. On the left are a variety of sessions from our Museum Education Series.

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2024

February 2024

Grant Writing for Museums, Heather Carmona from The Nonprofit SPOT discusses Grant Writing for Museums: Thinking Beyond the Buckets.

May 2024

Blue Ocean Solids discusses their project with the Cincinnati Art Museum and DLR Group discusses their project with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

July 2024

David Camerucci, Sr Manager, Local Investment, Credits & Incentives, Ernst & Young LLP, discusses IRA Opportunities for cultural institutions.

October 2024

Richard Piacentini, President and CEO of the Phipps Conservatory discusses their Climate Toolkit

2023

February 2023

IRA Opportunities - Tansy Massey-Green, Senior Associate at RMI (formerly Rocky Mountain Institute) discusses the many opportunities available specifically for cultural institutions within the Inflation Reduction Act.

May 2023

Water Conservation and Management for Museums - Grant DeCosta, Director of Community Services, Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art and Joaquim Delgado, former Water Conservation Specialist, City of Tucson Water Department, discuss water management specifically in museums.

August 2023

Cincinnati Zoo VP of Facilities Mark Fisher discusses several successful solar projects at the Cincinnati Zoo

November 2023

Communicating Success, Hannah Boman from The New Division presents how cultural institutions can effectively communicate their successes.

2022

February 2022

Climate Action Plans for Museums, Becca StockEngineer III, Brendle Group, discusses Climate Action Plans for Museums

May 2022

Electrification for Museums, Several Burro Happold Engineers discuss electrification: Isaac Smith, Senior Consultant, Pittsburgh Sustainable Buildings Consulting; Julie Janiski, Partner, Boston, Integrated Design, Decarbonization; Mikayla Hoskins, Associate, New York, Sustainability and Climate Consulting; Sarah Sachs, Partner, New York, Integrated Design Sustainability; Gabe Guilliams, Partner, New York, Culture Sector Leader, Lighting Design

August 2022

Managing Museum Waste, ELIANA GLICKICH-COHN, SR MANAGER, SUSTAINABILITY AND REAL ESTATE, Museum of Modern Art NYC; RICHARD PIACENTINI, President and CEO, Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh; MICHAEL NAPIERSKI, Facility Manager, Sciencenter, Ithaca all discuss waste reduction efforts in their facilities.

November 2022

Reporting Progress, Kudret Utebay, Principal, Cadmus Group discusses energy reporting using Energy Star for museums.

2021

January 2021

The 2030 Network introduces the new Network Museum Group and Sarah Sutton, Principal, Sustainable Museums, discusses a variety of ways cultural institutions can begin to address sustainability within their organizations.

April 2021

Phelan Fretz, Executive Director, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Richard Piacentini, President and CEO, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical GardensLeslie Tom, Chief Sustainability Officer, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History all discuss efforts in their respective organization to address sustainability.

July 2021

Susan Glassman and Don Azuma, Site Manager for Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philadelphia discuss effort at Wagner. Greg Raffio and Charles Schreier from GO Sustainable Energy along wth Fred Smith from The Ohio History Connection discuss efforts to address energy efficiency.

October 2021

Roger Chang, PE, FASHRAE, LEED Fellow – Senior Engineering Leader, Principal, DLR Group discusses museums and energy efficiency and Jean Savitsky, Director of Real Estate and Sustainability, The Museum of Modern Art discusses efficiency projects at MOMA.