An advanced church heating system favourable to artworks: A contribution to European standardisation

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-219

  Camuffo, Dario ^a   Pagan, Emanuela ^a   Rissanen, Sirkka ^b   Bratasz, Łukasz ^c   Kozłowski, Roman ^c   Camuffo, Marco ^d   della Valle, Antonio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Church heating; European standardization; Heating carpets; Localized heating; Pew heating; Preservation of cultural property; Thermal comfort; Warm air heating

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949816715     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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