Sustainability strategy for the world's largest children's museum [the proposed project will develop a long-term sustainability strategy for the children's museum of indianapolis

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) provides $201,000 to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc. to develop a long-term sustainability strategy for the museum. The project will involve a comprehensive sustainability assessment, including a facilities condition assessment, energy audit, and collection of data on water use, waste streams, and greenhouse gas emissions. This assessment, combined with community and stakeholder feedback, will inform the development of a new sustainability strategy that will be integrated into the museum's master campus plan. The strategy aims to identify and mitigate environmental impacts associated with the museum's operations, laying the groundwork for a $100 million centennial fundraising campaign that includes $16 million for sustainable infrastructure and facilities improvements. The award period is from August 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026.

An external ESG firm will conduct a comprehensive sustainability assessment, analyzing data from a facilities condition assessment report and ashrae level 2 energy audit while also collecting new data on water use, waste streams and greenhouse gas emissions to provide a 360-degree view of the museum?s environmental impact that, coupled with community and stakeholder feedback, will inform a new sustainability strategy. This strategy will be built into the museum's master campus plan to create a roadmap of short- and long-term actions to mitigate environmental hotspots associated with museum operations. The project will lay the groundwork for a $100 million centennial fundraising campaign, which has a goal of securing $16 million for sustainable infrastructure and facilities improvements.]