Reusing maintenance monitoring data on preventive conservation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v22i1.901
Keywords: preventive conservation, sustainability, indoor climate, environmental monitoring, cultural heritage

Abstract

The indoor climate of libraries and archives is determinant for the preservation of their collections, as temperature and relative humidity can trigger other damage factors. Standards and literature recommend to perform long term monitoring to understand the climatic history where the goods were kept, instead of follow rigid and arbitrary conditions. This trend is sustainable and environmentally friendly, but adds a new duty to the overloaded staff. We present two technical advices sustained in monitoring records produced to assess the HVAC equipment and reused to preservation purposes. The first is a library collection transferred from a historic building to a new building, and the second is a deposit room supplied with de-humidificators, where the analysis evidenced a very low humidity ratio. The main conclusion is that a synergetic use of monitoring data can improve the indoor climate of the collections and reduce the energy demand for preservation.

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Author Biographies

María de la Paz Diulio, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP)

Doctora en Arquitectura (EIDUS en cotutela con UNLP) y Especialista en Arquitectura y Hábitat Sustentable (FAU UNLP). Soy investigadora asistente de CONICET sobre modos de habitar y construir que contemplen al ambiente, a la sociedad y al uso racional de los recursos naturales. Mi tesis doctoral fue enfocada a las condiciones higrotérmicas adecuadas para la conservación preventiva del patrimonio cultural, en el contexto actual de cambio climático. Actualmente soy Profesora Interina de Acondicionamiento y Confort en UNRN, y mis objetivos se relacionan con tecnologías, energía, clima y ambiente para lograr condiciones de confort en edificios del Alto Valle de Río Negro.

Pilar Mercader-Moyano, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura Universidad de Sevilla: Sevilla

Pilar Mercader-Moyano es Doctora Arquitecta, Investigadora ARDITEC-TEP-172, Profesora Contratada Doctora, Acreditada Titular Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Sevilla (USE), del Master Universitario de Gestión Integral de la Edificación (MUGIE) y del Diploma de Especialización Gestor Energético en Edificación (DEGE) en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería en Edificación (ETSIE). Coordinadora dentro Programa de Doctorado en Arquitectura del Curriculum Internacional Victor Pérez Escolano. Directora del Master Rehabilitación Ecoeficiente de Edificios y Barrios, Directora-Coordinadora del III Congreso Internacional y V Nacional de Construcción Sostenible y Soluciones Eco-Eficientes. Profesora de posgrado en la FAU/UNLP

Analía Gómez, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Arquitecta, Doctoranda en FAU - UNLP. Investigadora CONICET. Como especialista en Conservación Preventiva llevo adelante un grupo de investigación sobre la temática en museos, archivos y bibliotecas con el fin de implementar estrategias bioclimáticas que permitan prolongar la vida de los bienes para las generaciones futuras. Soy Profesora Titular Ordinaria de Instalaciones de Edificios en la FAU-UNLP y Profesora Titular de Conservación Preventiva en la FA-UMSA. Actualmente me desempeño como Prosecretaria de Vinculación Tecnológica en la FAU-UNLP.

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2022-12-15
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Diulio, M. de la P., Mercader-Moyano, P., & Gómez, A. (2022). Reusing maintenance monitoring data on preventive conservation. Ge-Conservacion, 22(1), 130-138. https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v22i1.901
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