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British Museum

London, United Kingdom, serving visitors, researchers and online audiences worldwide

Company profile

About the company

The British Museum is a public museum in London that cares for and interprets collections relating to human history, art and culture. It provides galleries, exhibitions, research facilities, education programmes, publications and digital access. The museum serves visitors, schools, scholars and partner institutions in the United Kingdom and works with collections and audiences internationally.

Public claim

What the listing records.

The British Museum is replacing fossil-fuel-dependent building systems and reports that its new energy centre is expected to reduce annual carbon emissions by about 1,700 tonnes.

Evidence note

The museum describes the Energy Centre Programme, its replacement of ageing infrastructure and the projected annual carbon saving from lower-carbon heating and power systems.

Source type: Company website