Asset Planner for the Arts is here!

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It’s tracking the condition of your facilities. It’s forecasting when repairs and upgrades need to be made. It’s planning for the unexpected (and expected).

It’s Asset Planner for the Arts – and ArtsBuild is excited to bring this tool to arts organizations that want to plan ahead by knowing the costs of keeping their buildings in good repair and by having the ability to attract smart financing to be able to do it.

Asset Planner for the Arts provides:

  • An accurate snapshot of your facility’s condition, letting you be proactive in scheduling managing annual upkeep, upgrades and capital projects.
  • Built-in modeling allowing you to do strategic, long term planning for your facility, with a focus on the next five years.
  • Reduces your risk by helping you decide which upgrades need to be done and when you need to do them

Here’s the best part – ArtsBuild is subsidizing 50% of the cost of this two year program for 24 arts organizations across Ontario. The full value of Asset Planner for the Arts is $4,800, but with ArtsBuild’s support, the program only costs participating organizations $2,400.

Get all the details on our handy fact sheet or check out our informational video!

Sign up today!

 

Get the training you need for an energy-efficient art facility

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Now that you’ve started planning to move towards energy conservation planning, wouldn’t it be helpful to learn more about what it takes to actually get it done?

ArtsBuild, in partnership with Natural Resources Canada and supported by Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited, is holding a GTA-based workshop for arts organizations that will to cover:

  • Current best practices energy conservation including tips you can implement right away
  • Ways to make your facility more energy efficient using specific arts facilities examples
  • Review opportunities to save money through energy conservation
  • Hands-on activities and exercises so you can become more familiar with the components in your facility

You can find more details on the training and how to sign up HERE.

Find out your Carbon Footprint for FREE with ArtsBuild!

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Environment_TreeMaintaining sustainable and energy-efficient arts facilities can be a challenge if you don’t know where to get started. That’s where our partnership with CarbonCounted can help!

CarbonCounted is a Canadian not-for-profit that is designed to “empower organizations to reduce carbon emissions”. By identifying where you can start reducing your carbon footprint, you can begin to make more informed decisions on how to choose environmentally sustainable products and services.

Through ArtsBuild’s partnership with the Government of Canada, this tool is FREE for Ontario arts organizations for two years. The regular charge to subscribe to CarbonCounted is $100 per year!

SIGN UP TODAY! 

[ Remember: this tool is free AND it could end up saving the planet… or at least one tree! ]

 

Registration Open for FREE Artscape Webinar Series

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As the only provincial organization focused on arts facilities, ArtsBuild Ontario is involved with over 700 arts organizations across Ontario. As collaborators and partners, we forge relationships with leading nonprofit and industry partners to deliver a wide range of programs across many different topics all related back to arts facilities.

In partnership with ArtsBuild, Artscapeis pleased to announce their free 2013 Webinar Series: New Models for Cultural Space Development. The first webinar, “Developing Sustainable Cultural Space: Multi-Tenant Arts Centres 101”, on May 15 at 1:00 pm ET, is an introduction to the mysteries and delights of the development and operation of multi-tenanted centres for the arts. Join experts from Canada and the USA who have worked at the cutting edge of multi-tenanted arts centre development (more…)

Sustainability Matters for the Arts

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Sustainability within the arts sector is something everyone is talking about: How do we make our buildings more energy efficient? How do we measure (and reduce) our carbon footprint? How can my organization convert utility costs into programming dollars?

Recently The Guardian published an article about the importance of engaging the arts sector in this important conversation about environmentalism. While the article originates in the UK, many of the objectives of sustainability initiatives of Arts Council England reflect what ArtsBuild has made available through our partnerships here in Ontario. Programs like Carbon Counted and our Energy Savings Assessments, can help arts organizations take their first steps to energy efficiency and sustainability.

Click HERE to read the article and join us on April 4th for our webinar with Ian Garrett, co-founder and director for The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts.