Honda Miles, Saya;
Curran, Katherine;
Burman, Esfandiar;
(2022)
Greening Archives: Mitigating the Environmental Impact of the Archives with Designated Storage for Photographic Materials.
Presented at: ETP Annual Conference 2022, Edinburgh, UK.
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Abstract
In 2015, 196 countries adopted the Paris Agreement to reduce global warming in order to fight against climate change. Its overall goal was to limit warming to no more than 2°C by 2050¹. However, commitments made by governments to date fall far short of what is required and if we stick to the current national climate plans submitted, it would lead to an increase of almost 14% in global carbon emissions by 2030, compared to 2010 levels². We need the whole world; Global, Governmental, Organisational and Individuals’ commitments to take bold steps towards reducing emissions as soon as possible to have any chance of meeting the 2°C goal. Collecting institutions such as Archives and Museums are facing difficult choices between lowering carbon footprint and preserving collections. Early photographic materials are particularly known for their high dependency on low temperature and low RH storage environment. Therefore, institutions with historical photographs need to plan the step carefully, as allowing collections to deteriorate in sub-optimal environmental conditions would be a significant loss to the humanities and to society. It is crucial for institutions to make realistic changes and integrate sustainable energy use practices by Collection Care and Facilities Management staff working together to manage the environment closely to reach both preservation and energy saving goals. This research will explore the sustainable update options for existing purpose built archive buildings that hold vulnerable historical photographic materials with HE Archive as the main case study.
| Type: | Poster |
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| Title: | Greening Archives: Mitigating the Environmental Impact of the Archives with Designated Storage for Photographic Materials |
| Event: | ETP Annual Conference 2022 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, UK |
| Dates: | 01 November 2022 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.etp-scotland.ac.uk/Events-News/Events/... |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Photographic materials, environment, storage, archive |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158038 |
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