Project partners sought to test new methodology for optimizing mechanical systems

Project partners needed to test a new methodology for optimization
of mechanical systems

The Image Permanence Institute is looking for three motivated
project partners to work with us on a project funded by an IMLS
National Leadership Grant for Libraries.  Participation is limited
to non-federal institutions in the United States.  Our goal is to
produce a comprehensive guide to planning and implementing
energy-saving mechanical system operations that have little to no
impact on collection storage environments.  These strategies have
proven successful in a variety of collecting institutions when
implemented with expert guidance from IPI and our energy-management
consultants at Herzog/Wheeler and Associates.

In this field test, partner institutions will use and test a written
guide to the documentation, data gathering and analysis,
experimentation, implementation and maintenance of a sustainable
preservation environment.  IPI will provide the draft methodology
which project partners will test in a controlled situation with IPI
guidance.  Ongoing participation and input from a team of staff at
partner institutions is essential to the success of this project.
Partner experiences and suggestions are critical to preparing the
final version of a written methodology to be used in the field of
preservation and environmental management.

Throughout the course of the project partners will receive access to
IPI's Environmental Consulting advice and expertise, a subscription
to IPI's eClimateNotebook(r) web-based environmental management
system, 18 PEM2(r) data loggers and a flash drive (equipment and
services worth nearly $50,000), PLUS the potential for significant
energy savings.

Project partners must be highly motivated and equipped to carry out
the work through the course of the project.  Applicants must meet
the following criteria to be eligible:

    The institution must be a library, archive, or a cultural
    institution with a library or archive as a significant part of
    their structure in the United States

    The building must use an air handling system to condition a
    collections environment for preservation purposes (up to two
    systems per institution will be included)

    A minimum of two years of current (collected between 2013 and
    the present) environmental data collected from collection spaces
    served by the selected air handling systems must be available
    and accessible

    The selected air handling systems cannot have undergone energy
    efficiency commissioning in the past two years

    One facilities and one collections care staff must be willing to
    commit to active, ongoing participation for a minimum of one day
    per month each over the span of the project (April 2015 through
    September 2016), plus up to four days during each of three
    onsite visits during the project.  Participation and endorsement
    by administrative staff will also be necessary

    Partners will be responsible for data collection from mechanical
    systems and storage locations and for monthly team meetings that
    IPI will participate in remotely

Applications must be received by March 15, 2015.  To apply to
participate, go to

    <URL:https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/webfm_send/749>

If you have questions, please send them to Jeremy Linden
<jrlpph<-at->rit<.>edu> or Patricia Ford <pafpph<-at->rit<.>edu>.

Patricia Ford
Project Manager
Image Permanence Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
GAN 7B Room 2000
70 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604 USA
585-475-2843
Fax: 585-475-7230


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