Air quality analyses in the church of Aalst.

Recently, a Climatization System has been installed in the church of Aalst, which will be used in December 2017. This adjustment can have a major impact on the church interior. In order to correctly evaluate this impact, measurements are needed.The University of Antwerp has developed a device to monitor multiple environmental parameters (eg, temperature, relative humidity, fine dust, concentrations of pollutants) at the same time. In addition, the shrinkage and swelling behavior of wood and the corrosion rate of metals can also be followed as well. The University of Antwerp can summarize all these data into 1 air quality index, which makes it easy to understand the evolution of air quality.By comparing a period before and after the startup of the new climatisation system, we will get a good picture of its impact.

Keywords:HERITAGE, PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION

Disciplines:Sustainable chemistry, Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution, Environmental science and management, Modelling, Biological system engineering, Signal processing, Conservation-restoration science

Project type:Service project