Padfield, T (2008) Simple climate control in archives. Nordic Symposium on Building Physics, June 2008. (Submitted)

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Abstract

There is now abundant built evidence that archives can sustain a moderate relative humidity and temperature by warming, or by dehumidifying. Four examples of museum storage buildings, of diverse purpose, size and location, show adequate climatic stability without air conditioning. However, it is not possible without air conditioning to conform with the strict temperature limits recommended in the widely used British Standard BS5454:2000, which, though an advisory standard, is often used as a building specification. The strictness of this standard is not supported by evidence for chemical or physical damage if its limits are exceeded, yet deference to it hinders the building of low energy archives which are tolerant of loss of power and neglect.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Archive; Museum; Climate control; Standards
Subjects:	English > Climate Control ?? climcon ?? ?? manage ??
Depositing User:	Anna Samuelsson
Date Deposited:	21 May 2008 07:28
Last Modified:	04 Apr 2017 10:54
URI:	http://eprints.sparaochbevara.se/id/eprint/371

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