AIC's 45th Annual Meeting

To directly mitigate the impact on global climate change, many standards and codes are requiring buildings to reduce their energy use. This includes US Green Buildings Leadership in Energy Efficient Design (LEED), ASHRAE Standard 189.1, and NYC Local Law 84. Unlike LEED and ASHRAE, NYC notes that certain institutions should be an exception to these rules. Taking the cue from NYC, museums, libraries and archives should be none too ready to adhere to LEED and ASHRAE. Many "energy efficient" techniques suggested or mandated by LEED and ASHRAE are counter-productive to the fundamental goals of collections preservation and should be avoided. These include Daylighting, Air-Side Econmizer, Reset Space Temperature, Occupancy or Night Shut-Down of Equipment, Seasonal Boiler Shut-Down, Chilled Water or Supply Air Temperature Reset, Green Roofs, "IAQ" and Productivity Arguments, Rooftop Photovoltaic Array, and Ground-Source Heat Pumps ("Geothermal" (sic)). This presentation defines these techniques, and why they are inappropriate for library and archives preservation environments.

A PDF of this paper, along with all past AIC papers by the author, can be found at this URL:
<http://publications.garrisonlull.com>