Assessing energy efficiency improvements in heritage property

Citation

(2009), "Assessing energy efficiency improvements in heritage property", Structural Survey, Vol. 27 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/ss.2009.11027eab.002

Assessing energy efficiency improvements in heritage property

Article Type: Newsbriefs From: Structural Survey, Volume 27, Issue 5

Keywords: Environmental conditions, Heritage property, Remote sensing

A Protimeter HygroTrac environmental monitoring system from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies is helping the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) to measure existing relative humidity and temperature levels within a Grade II listed building. These measurements will then be compared with measurements taken after the building has undergone simple and inexpensive modifications to establish the effect of the modifications on the building’s energy efficiency. The system was installed in December 2008 and had already yielded useful data for the project team, prior to the initiation of the modification work in May 2009. As Mike Parrett, the consultant building pathologist and SPAB trustee, explains, “Matthew Slocombe, the project leader, and I can view all of the measurements taken by the system whenever we wish, as long as we have access to the internet. Once logged in, we can quickly access environmental levels and trends within the building and/or drill down to specific measurements from specific sensors.”