Strategies for Environmental Quality and Energy Efficiency in Museum Buildings
The purpose of the study is the definition of innovative actions on cultural heritage conserved in museums, in order to extend its life-time, to value environmental and energetic quality and to plan efficient control solutions. The study demonstrates that care, comfort and ...
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Project details
| Title: | Strategies for Environmental Quality and Energy Efficiency in Museum Buildings |
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| Entr. year: | 2004 |
| Result: | PRIZE |
| Country: | Italy |
| Category type: | a study or the results of research |
| Building type/ Project type: | museum/open-air museum |
| The Jury's citation: | "For a holistic methodology for preventive conservation and optimal environmental quality in museum buildings, which brings together conservation, comfort and energy efficiency, through the development of a practical operational instrument" |
Description:
The purpose of the study is the definition of innovative actions on cultural heritage conserved in museums, in order to extend its life-time, to value environmental and energetic quality and to plan efficient control solutions. The study demonstrates that care, comfort and energy-saving are compatible.Through this research an operative instrument to assist museum authorities and project-designers during refurbishment has been evolved to optimalize planning actions. This instrument has been tested in the Pinacoteca of Brera in Milano.
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