Energy study of a medieval tower, restored as a museum

Papadopoulos, Agis M.; Avgelis, A.; Santamouris, M.

doi:10.1016/s0378-7788(03)00025-2

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“…Other authors [3,4] recommended that fluctuations of humidity do not exceed ±5%RH, and fluctuations of temperature ±3 K of the adopted value. Temperature and humidity fluctuations should be slow, not rapid and of short duration, because it has a devastating impact on the condition of the exhibits, especially those sensitive to changes in humidity.…”

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Indoor environment quality in the museum building and its effect on heating and cooling demand

Ferdyn-Grygierek¹

2014

Energy and Buildings

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“…External climate, occupants, turned on/off lighting, which are the source of excessive heat and humidity gains, have a large impact on the change of microclimate parameters in exhibition rooms and on heating and cooling demand [4,[7][8][9].…”

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Indoor environment quality in the museum building and its effect on heating and cooling demand

Ferdyn-Grygierek¹

2014

Energy and Buildings

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“…Established ideas surrounding indoor climate conditioning can be crystallized into the phrase 'the more stable, the better'. However, studies focusing on energy efficiency show that stringently conditioning the indoor climate of museums results in excessive energy consumption (Ascione, Bellia, Capozzoli, & Minichiello, 2009;Mueller, 2013), particularly if a museum is housed in a historic building or structure (Ascione, de Rossi, & Vanoli, 2011;Papadopoulos, Avgelis, & Santamouris, 2003;Rota, Corgnati, & Di Corato, 2015;Zannis et al, 2006). Moreover, maintaining a constant room temperature during the year in museums located in climate regions with significant seasonal outdoor climate fluctuations may result in thermal discomfort (de Dear & Brager, 1998;Kramer, Maas, Martens, van Schijndel, & Schellen, 2015).…”

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Adaptive temperature limits for air-conditioned museums in temperate climates

Kramer

Schellen

2017

Building Research & Information

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Indoor temperature (T ) and relative humidity (RH) are important for collection preservation and thermal comfort in museums. In the 20th century, the notion evolved that T and RH need to be stringently controlled, often resulting in excessive energy consumption. However, recent studies have shown that controlled fluctuations are permissible, enabling improved energy efficiency. Consequently, the thermal comfort requirements are increasingly important to determine temperature limits, but knowledge is limited. Therefore, a thermal comfort survey study and indoor measurements were conducted at Hermitage Amsterdam museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for one year, including: (1) monitoring of existing conditions (T = 21°C, RH = 50%); and (2) an intervention in which T is controlled based on an adaptive comfort approach (T = 19.5-24°C, RH = 50%). The results show that the thermal comfort of the existing conditions is far from optimum; visitors feel too cool in summer and slightly too warm in winter. The adaptive temperature limits were developed to improve thermal comfort significantly without endangering the collection, thereby saving energy. Furthermore, facilitating visitors to adapt their clothing may contribute to enlarging the temperature bandwidth and improve (individual) thermal comfort.

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“…A precise evaluation of the contributions from solar radiation through the glazing surfaces is not easy because of the shadows made by the surrounding buildings. This manuscript, according to several case studies [1][2][3], will evaluate the effect of retrofit interventions on improving the energy efficiency of the building above in some steps:…”

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Energy study of a non-residential and historic building in transient conditions

Grignaffini

Romagna

Vallati

2015

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The purpose of this manuscript is to analyse the interventions of energy retrofit of a non-residential and historic building, through dynamic simulation by the use of the TRNsys code. The study is made up of some steps:  the analysis of the building and utility data, including study of the installed equipment and analysis of energy bills;  the survey of the real operating conditions;  the selection and the evaluation of energy conservation measures;  the identification of interventions of energy retrofit;  TRNsys simulation of the effects of these interventions on the energy behaviour of the building. The present paper aims to present the results of the study, to discuss the expected energy behaviour of the building and to comment on the options for introducing energy conservation techniques.

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Energy study of a medieval tower, restored as a museum

Cited by 30 publications

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Indoor environment quality in the museum building and its effect on heating and cooling demand

Indoor environment quality in the museum building and its effect on heating and cooling demand

Adaptive temperature limits for air-conditioned museums in temperate climates

Energy study of a non-residential and historic building in transient conditions

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