The indoor climate quality in classrooms at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, was investigated as part of the 3SqAir project, supported by the Interreg SUDOE program. This research focused on two equipped classrooms with different ventilation systems: natural and mechanical ventilation. Both classrooms were continuously monitored for IEQ parameters: thermal comfort, indoor air quality, noise, and lighting du...
Acknowledgments: The second author thanks the support to research by the Foundation for Science and Technology and MIT Portugal under 2020 MPP2030FCT Ph.D. Grant call. The third author carried out this work in the framework of Project UIDP/50022/2020—LAETA—Laboratório Associado de Energia, Transportes e Aeronáutica, with the financial support of FCT/MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC).; Glazed systems in buil...
In higher-education world heritage sites, the conservation and energy retrofitting of heritage buildings (HBs) is an important vector for their development, competitiveness and welfare. To guarantee their ongoing use, these buildings must be adapted to face current and emerging societal challenges: (i) the conservation of cultural heritage and the maintenance of their original characteristics and identity; (ii)...
The study presents a new procedure for identifying possible risks for books kept in historic libraries. It is addressed to all those historic libraries where large collections of old and rare books are stored and preserved. These libraries were rarely used by people, but, nowadays, many of them have become touristic attractions. Consequently, their indoor microclimate may have changed, possibly leading to risks...
The correct preservation of old and rare books in libraries needs suitable values of temperature and relative humidity. This paper shows the hygrothermal data acquired in a historic library, the Baroque Library, of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, where several old and rare books are stored. The data were acquired during a 6-month monitoring campaign. In particular, in this paper the spatial and temporal va...
This paper presents the analysis of the hygrothermal conditions of a museum space hosted in an 18th century building, in Coimbra (Portugal). This historical building, which houses the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, is located in the historic centre of the University of Coimbra, officially declared a World Heritage Site in 2013 by UNESCO. The methodology proposed in EN 15757:2010 was applied to two...
The presented work is part of a wider research project, entitled Energy Efficient Schools (Escolas Energeticamente Eficientes, 3Es), granted by Teixeira Duarte on the framework of the Portuguese Program of R&D Projects associated to Large Public Tenders. The authors are thankful to Parque Escolar E.P.E. for the provision of the database on the Portuguese secondary schools. The presented work is framed under the...
Libro de Actas: CYTEF 2018 − IX Congreso Ibérico | VII Congreso Iberoamericano de las Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío; It is recognized worldwide that indoor air quality (IAQ) conditions in museums influence the preservation of the exhibited items. Recently, international guidelines towards environmental management in the field of conservation have been revised, leading to a different perspective on ‘ideal/fixed’ ...
In many secondary schools in Portugal, indoor air quality is currently assured by mechanical ventilation. In some cases, Air Handling Units (AHUs) are used to supply fresh air at the rooms conditions. Once in the classrooms, thermal loads are suppressed by terminal units, e.g. hot water radiators (used for heating conditions, at 20 ºC). Some heating capacity is also due to a differential temperature between the...
This paper presents the preliminary results of the study of the hygrothermal air conditions of the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra (UC), a XVI-XVIII century building. It is located in the historic centre of the UC, officially declared as a World Heritage in 2013 by UNESCO. Since then, the museum has been receiving an increasing number of visitors. No previous studies on the environmental conditions ...