DOVER — The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire hopes a summer party can help gather enough experts, businesses and contractors to prove that taking a few energy-efficient steps can save a little green.

The museum — at 6 Washington St. — in cooperation with the Green Alliance and the U.S. Green Building Council’s New Hampshire chapter is scheduled to host the Building Green: Summer Mixer on Aug. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. to get people talking and finding new ways to make buildings more sustainable.

The informal setting will allow participants to network while enjoying live music from Blue Eyed Brown, snacks from One Washington and UNH’s Dairy Bar, and beverages from Smuttynose Brewing Co. and Redhook Brewery, according to Heidi Duncanson, marketing director at the museum.

“This is really meant to be a business mixer rather than a family event,” Duncanson said, adding it’s a great way for people to see the museum.

Nonetheless, Duncanson said, people of all ages can enjoy activities at the museum, whether they build a roller coaster, uncover dinosaur bones or take part in a scavenger hunt to find green aspects of the building itself, which won a Silver medal through the green building council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.

“We are the first museum in New Hampshire, to get a Silver medal,” Duncanson said, adding they proudly display the LEED award.

“Some things aren’t as obvious as others,” Duncanson said, adding the museum gained points for renovating a space, rather than building a new structure, when it moved from Portsmouth.

“We fit in things which made the most sense for our budget and building,” Duncanson said, adding the museum also earned points for its windows, low-flow water system and ceilings.

The museum, which is part of the Green Alliance, is a place for the group’s monthly forums to promote environmentally sound practices, according to Sarah Brown, executive director of the nonprofit organization based in Portsmouth.

Brown said participants also can speak to the architects and the builders who included the energy-efficient systems in the museum as well as meet experts in geothermal technology and energy audits.

“For a lot of regular businesses, sustainability is part of the process,” Brown said, adding most businesses in the region are looking for ways to save money, which can be done by tightening insulation, caulking windows and sealing drafty doors.

“What we’re focusing on is real things people can do,” Brown said, adding there’s not one simple approach to save resources.

The LEED program, which was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2000, helps promote social responsibility, environmental stewardship and economic prosperity. The program measures potential environmental impacts while providing a guide to implement practical and measurable green buildings, according to USGBC’s website.

For more information, visit childrens-museum.org, www.greenalliance.biz or usgbcnh.org.

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