General Articles on Microclimate Control.

More articles and links will be found on the specific interest pages of this website

Microclimate Control in Museums, by Jerry Shiner was written for Papyrus, published by the International Association of Museums Facilities Administrators (IAMFA).

Te Papa Savings is a private report calculating the substantial energy savings that could be found by modifying humidity setpoints in the Te Papa Museum (Wellington, New Zealand).

This is a link to a Master's thesis by David Artigas that compared the costs of providing various climate control standards in North American Museums. Standards were based on ASHRAE chapter 22. One major outcome was that costs of climate control increase exponentially as humidity setpoints are narrowed, implying that massive savings can be realized by relaxing setpoints.

Active and Passive Microclimate Generation by Jerry Shiner was written for The Exhbitionist, a publication of the National Association of Museum Exhibit designers (NAME). It outlines a variety of approaches to museum showcase environmental control.

Inside the Black Box is an adaptation of a presentation given by Jerry Shiner at the Science of Museum Galleries meeting at the British Museum, London, February 2005.