Linking the Environment and Heritage Conservation: Presentations, Discussions, & Tips
Wednesday May 9th 2012
Noon-2PM
Buffet lunch is included in the ticket price
Tickets: $8.00 each
The AIC Committee on Sustainable Conservation Practice has organized a lunch session at AIC’s annual meeting with two keynote speakers in environmental conservation and four tips on art and heritage conservation. The keynote speakers will give an overview of current essential issues in environmental conservation and how they relate to the conservation field. They will also address practical issues concerning materials and solvent use, and will discuss green chemistry. There is ample time aside for an engaged, educational discussion session.
Keynote Speakers
Braden Allenby, PhD
Sustainability and conservation of the human past
Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Director, Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management
Matt Eckelmann, PhD
Environmental considerations in art conservation
Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
Tips Session
Jia-sun Tang
Retrofit of existing exhibition cases to conservation standards: a close collaboration between conservators and fabricators at the Smithsonian Institution
Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution
Christian Hernandez
Thinking and acting green: a case study of the rehousing of a collection of footwear from the Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
Patty Silence
How we reduced energy costs and maintained an excellent collections environment
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Eliza Gilligan
Electrodeionization as a sustainable and practical option for treatment water
University of Virginia
Discussion Panel
Led by Michael Henry, PE, AIA, Watson & Henry Associates, Preservation Architects & Engineers
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This session is coordinated by AIC’s Committee on Sustainable Conservation Practice. For more information, visit www.conservation-us.org/sustainability