The management of indoor microclimates is an important function of museum operations, a
topic that has recently received growing attention. The way in which museum microclimates …

Energy efficiency in museums and buildings that house works of art or cultural heritage
appears to be a difficult achievement if indoor air quality has to be kept at appropriate levels …

The classical textbook interpretation of thermal comfort is that it occurs when the
thermoregulatory effort is minimized. However, stimulating human thermoregulatory systems …

The conservation of historic libraries can be referred towards both the ancient book
collections and the buildings themselves. Heritage collections made of paper are threaten …

Personal comfort systems (PCS) that warm or cool local body parts promise individual
thermal comfort, energy saving and (metabolic) health in non-neutral thermal environments …

Recent studies have suggested that thermal and visual comfort are correlated, although the
causality underlying this correlation is unclear. Personal control of correlated color …

Some studies revealed that steady-uniform thermal environments are not the optimal
environmental state to ensure thermal comfort, and temperature ramps offer potential …

The conservation and safeguarding of historic buildings, and of everything that is housed
within them, represents a challenge whose value is currently shared at a world level. The …

Abstract Humans spend approximately 80–90% of their time indoors. In current practice,
indoor temperatures in many buildings are controlled very tightly. However, allowing more …

The knowledge of the indoor climate in cultural heritage buildings plays a prominent role in
their conservation and sustainability. Monitoring campaigns are becoming more frequent …