Description

Microclimate for Cultural Heritage: Measurement, Risk Assessment, Conservation, Restoration, and Maintenance of Indoor and Outdoor Monuments, Third Edition, presents the latest on microclimates, environmental issues and the conservation of cultural heritage. It is a useful treatise on microphysics, acting as a practical handbook for conservators and specialists in physics, chemistry, architecture, engineering, geology and biology who focus on environmental issues and the conservation of works of art. It fills a gap between the application of atmospheric sciences, like the thermodynamic processes of clouds and dynamics of planetary boundary layer, and their application to a monument surface or a room within a museum.

Sections covers applied theory, environmental issues and conservation, practical utilization, along with suggestions, examples, common issues and errors.

Incorporates research on the effects of climate change from Climate for Culture, the EU funded, five-year project focusing on climate change's impact on cultural heritage preservation
Covers green lighting technology, like LED and OLED, it's impacts on indoor microclimates, preservation and color rendering
Includes a case study on sea level issues and cultural heritage in Venice