Air Quality and Energy Use in a Museum

Air, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 3(1), С. 5 - 5

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Museums play a vital role in preserving cultural heritage and for this reason, they require strict indoor environmental controls. Balancing quality with reduced energy consumption poses significant challenges. Over the course of year (2023), microclimate conditions, atmospheric pollutant concentrations (O3, TVOC, CO, CO2, particulate matter), use were monitored at Archaeological Museum Kavala. Maximum daily fluctuations relative humidity 15% summertime, while air temperature variations reached 2.0 °C, highlighting unstable microclimatic conditions. Particulate matter was primary threat to preservation artworks, followed by O3 NO2, whose exceeded recommended limits conservation. In 2023, Energy Use Intensity (EUI) 86.1 kWh m−2, value that is significantly correlated number visitors outdoor temperature. Every person visiting museum assigned an average 7.7 energy. During hottest days when crowded, maximum amount consumed. past decade (2013–2023), lowest EUI recorded during COVID-19 pandemic 53 m−2. linked quality; thus, both must be continuously monitored.

Язык: Английский

Effects of activity intensities, smoking habits, and respiratory infection on the size distribution of exhaled aerosols

Building and Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 112997 - 112997

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский