Sustainable preservation is about achieving the best possible preservation of collections with the least possible consumption of energy and other resources.
The cost of energy to heat, cool, and dehumidify can be a significant portion of an institutional budget, and a necessary investment for collecting institutions obligated to provide the best stewardship possible to the materials in their collections. Finding the appropriate balance between preservation and resource allocation goals is a process unique to each institution, based on their specific situation.
A number of factors must be taken into account to achieve sustainable preservation:
Find information on upcoming webinars and recordings of past webinars, with guidelines for those interested in starting or further developing their environmental management program. Learn more and register
Attend a WorkshopApply for workshops hosted around the country for those institutions ready to take the next steps into investigating energy-saving strategies in their mechanical system operation. View dates and locations
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A list of supplemental resources as well as relevant publications offered by the Image
Permanence Institute are available. Please visit the Image Permanence Institute’s
website to learn more about our research, past projects, and environmental management tools.
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