Abstract

Heritage institutions find themselves increasingly compelled to lower costs related to energy use, without disowning their primary task of optimally preserving the collections they are entrusted with. Now, more than ever, resilience, autonomy and cost-effectiveness are key to managing heritage sustainably. With over 1,000 museums in Belgium, the energy savings that its institutions may obtain by optimising their indoor climate management represents an important opportunity to alleviate strain on institutional budgets, and to help reach the ambitious energy-saving goals Belgium and the EU have set for themselves. Heritage institutions must be proactive in implementing such strategies, choosing from among a long list of measures to optimise their climate systems and indoor environments. This can be an overwhelming task. Indeed, museums and heritage institutions often lack in-house expertise to tackle these issues, which is why clear, practical and intuitive protocols, tools and concrete examples are required. As a case study and presentation of research-in-progress, this article describes Resilient Storage, a Belgian project that aims to validate a protocol to optimise the functioning of climate systems in museum storage areas. Developed by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) and KU Leuven, Resilient Storage assembles an interdisciplinary team of public representatives, museum staff and experts in energy performance and conservation. It aims to help stakeholders optimise storage area management, simultaneously reducing its carbon footprint and optimising its preservation conditions. Resilient Storage aims to unearth synergies among these stakeholders, promote collaboration, develop a common language and transmit expertise to Belgian's small and medium-sized museums.

摘要

遗产机构发现自己越来越被迫降低与能源使用相关的成本，同时又不否认他们的首要任务是最佳地保护他们所委托的藏品。现在，恢复力、自主性和成本效益比以往任何时候都更成为可持续管理遗产的关键。比利时拥有 1,000 多家博​​物馆，其机构可以通过优化室内气候管理实现节能，这是减轻机构预算压力并帮助实现比利时和欧盟为自己设定的雄心勃勃的节能目标的重要机会. 遗产机构必须积极主动地实施此类战略，从一长串措施中进行选择，以优化其气候系统和室内环境。这可能是一项艰巨的任务。的确，博物馆和遗产机构通常缺乏解决这些问题的内部专业知识，这就是为什么需要清晰、实用和直观的协议、工具和具体示例的原因。作为正在进行的研究的案例研究和演示，本文描述了弹性存储，这是一个比利时项目，旨在验证优化博物馆存储区域气候系统功能的协议。Resilient Storage 由皇家文化遗产研究所 (KIK-IRPA) 和 KU Leuven 开发，汇集了一个由公共代表、博物馆工作人员和能源性能和保护专家组成的跨学科团队。它旨在帮助利益相关者优化存储区域管理，同时减少其碳足迹并优化其保存条件。弹性存储旨在发掘这些利益相关者之间的协同作用，