Influence of microclimate control scenarios on energy consumption in the Gallery of the 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice (the former Cloth Hall) of The National Museum in Krakow

Impact of climate change in cultural heritage: from energy consumption to artefacts’ conservation and building rehabilitation

“…Lastly, the energy saving potential of a set of passive retrofit measures is assessed, as well as its effect on the artefacts' conservation metrics in historic buildings. In colder climates it is usual that the indoor climate of historic buildings that house artefacts is heated to ensure the thermal comfort of visitors [56][57][58][59]. However, due to the fact that the minimum temperature limit varies considerably from case-to case the authors chose a minimum temperature of 13 ºC for the methodologies that do not preconize temperature limits to guarantee that there is no embrittlement of the artefacts [60].…”