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Historic Indoor Microclimate of the Heritage Buildings pp 23–71Cite as

Indoor Microclimate

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The study of indoor microclimate requires a specific set of tools to measure the physical variables and interpret the results. This chapter, in its first part, describes how to study Historic Indoor Microclimate. In particular, the main physical variables, the standard values, and the methods to measure them are described. Moreover the concept of thermal comfort is outlined, with its variables and comfort indexes, with particular attention to heritage buildings. The second part of the chapter gives an account of the interpretation of data on physical variables obtained from monitoring campaigns, as well as of the instruments to interpret the data, such as graphics and simulations.

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  1. Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Kristian Fabbri

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  1. Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Pretelli

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    Kristian Fabbri

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See (Tables 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7).

Table 2.2 Main standards concerning heritage buildings, artifacts, and microclimate
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Table 2.3 Thermo-hygrometric values suggested to assure the optimal physical-chemical preservation conditions for artifacts of different materials
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Table 2.4 Microclimatic conditions to prevent microbiological attacks to organic materials
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Table 2.5 Reference values in stable climate conditions, if other specific information are lacking (UNI 1890)
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Table 2.6 Characteristic of measuring instruments (ISO 7726)
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Table 2.7 Characteristic of measuring instrument temperature (ISO 15758)
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Fabbri, K. (2018). Indoor Microclimate. In: Pretelli, M., Fabbri, K. (eds) Historic Indoor Microclimate of the Heritage Buildings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60343-8_2

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