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The Indoor Environment of a Modern Museum Building, The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK
Author(s) -
Brimblecombe P.,
Blades N.,
Camuffo D.,
Sturaro G.,
Valentino A.,
Gysels K.,
Grieken R.,
Busse H.J.,
Kim O.,
Ulrych U.,
Wieser M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
indoor air
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.387
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1600-0668
pISSN - 0905-6947
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0668.1999.t01-1-00002.x
Subject(s) - environmental science , humidity , university campus , particulate pollution , meteorology , architectural engineering , geography , environmental engineering , engineering , air quality index
A multi‐disciplinary approach was used to investigate the indoor environment of a modern museum building, and its suitability for the conservation of the collection therein. Climate, gaseous and particulate pollution and the concentrations of bacteria were measured in summer and winter campaigns. While the environment overall was found to be an acceptable one, a number of drawbacks were highlighted, the most serious of these being the large temperature and humidity fluctuations that occurred in the summer.