Stories from historic buildings
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English Slovak |
| ISBN: | ISBN 1-84407-253-3 |
| Online Access: | http://www.viks.sk/chk/14tmh_76.doc |
| Abstract: | SUMMARIES. Four historic buildings in Australia – Hyde Park Barracks (NSW), Norman Lindsay Gallery (NSW), Lanyon Historical property (ACT) and Hill End Historic Site Museum (NSW) – were extensively monitored for temperature and relative humidity (RH). The colonial-era buildings were all constructed to provide passive human comfort conditions and some of them have been adapted with air conditioning systems to provide appropriate object comfort. This paper outlines results from the monitoring and strongly suggests the need for diagnostic monitoring as a tool for key decision making as well as the ability of these building to provide appropriate collection comfort conditions without use of mechanical systems. CONCLUSIONS. The accumulation of monitored data from a variety of historic and other existing buildings strongly suggests that stable conditions suitable for the conservation of objects may be achievable relatively easily, in a wide variety of climatic settings. Of greatest interest is the evidence that variation of ambient RH is strongly moderated by most buildings, even where adventitious air exchange is not strongly controlled. In the case of smaller institutions unable to afford sophisticated air conditioning, it seems very likely that the passive performance of their buildings will be better than with unsuitably specified mechanical equipment. It is also essential that environmental monitoring is carried out before any decisions are made on measures to alter the environment (Daniel et al. 2000a). |
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| ISBN: | ISBN 1-84407-253-3 |
