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Developing a Master Plan for Environmental Improvements and Energy Conservation
- Project Director(s):
- John D. Childs
- Author(s):
- John D. Childs
- Date:
- 2011
- Group(s):
- Data Rescue
- Subject(s):
- Museums--Study and teaching, Historic preservation
- Item Type:
- White paper
- Institution:
- Historic New England
- Tag(s):
- NEH White papers, Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections, NEH Preservation and Access, Museum studies, Historical preservation
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6K072
- Abstract:
- Historic New England (HNE) requests funding for a master plan to evaluate energy conservation options and control system upgrades at its collections storage facility in Haverhill, MA. HNE maintains the most comprehensive and best-documented collection of New England decorative arts and household artifacts in the country, a rich resource for scholars and exhibitions. Despite efforts since 1989, environmental controls at the facility have remained problematic. With the purchase of the building in 2006, HNE is now in a position to develop a comprehensive approach using all available techniques. HNE has assembled a multidisciplinary project team who can study the interactions of the building envelope and mechanical systems for the entire facility. Expected outcomes include cost-effective solutions that can be shared with other museums, as well as an improved storage facility that is financially and environmentally sustainable and can house expanded public programming.
- Notes:
- Planning for sustainable environmental conditions in a centralized collection storage facility that houses nearly half of Historic New England's 110,000-item collection of decorative arts and household furnishings.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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