The greening of the Haas-Lilienthal House, a house museum in San Francisco, was one of the case studies presented at the AAM Summit on Sustainability Standards. Photo courtesy San Francisco Architectural Heritage.

Last month I was a speaker at the AAM Summit on Sustainability Standards held during AAM’s annual conference in Baltimore.  Below is a summary of the key topics that were discussed.

How do you develop green rating systems for a building type so broad that it includes art museums, history museums, historic sites, arboretums, aquariums, and zoos?

PIC-Green, a professional interest committee of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) started asking just that question last month in Baltimore at AAM’s annual convention. One of the major goals of AAM’s mission is to develop standards and best-practices for the field.

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