Carrier Cooling Solutions help preserve Vatican art pieces
Sistine Chapel
The walled city within the enclave of Rome
receives up to 20,000 visitors a day. These huge crowds bring in a mix of dust,
body sweat, and carbon dioxide, which end up on the surface of the paintings
and can harm them over time.
Earlier this year, the Vatican partnered
with Carrier Corporation to install top-end HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air
Conditioning) units in the Sistine Chapel in an effort to properly preserve
Michelangelo’s frescoes.
According to Concepcion Building & Industrial
Solutions, proper ventilation and heating plays a critical role in preserving
works of art.
“In light of the oncoming papal visit, our
brand is proud to have played a role in helping protect the Vatican’s art
pieces,” said Rajan Komarasu, Group Director of Concepcion Building &
Industrial Solutions.
Jointly developed by museum experts and the
Carrier Air Conditioning Company, the Vatican’s new air-conditioning system
regulates humidity and temperature to help preserve some of the most famous art
pieces in history.
High-tech cooling for the Sistine Chapel
Carrier installed and designed the Sistine
Chapel’s first air-conditioning units in 1993. At the time, the HVAC system was
engineered to accommodate a maximum load of 700 visitors.
Over the last two decades, however, the
foot traffic in the renowned chapel has significantly increased. In fact,
visits are estimated to have grown by over 300 percent from the 1980s.
To address these changes, Carrier has
installed a new system using two AquaForce® 30XWV water-cooled chillers–an
enhanced HVAC system that enables optimum temperature control which prevents climate
fluctuations in the process. It also comes with air-filtration technologies
that prevent the proliferation of airborne contaminants.
“Foot traffic is a major consideration for
buildings in general when installing a HVAC system,” said Komarasu. “Cooling
solutions need to be able to manage temperature and energy consumption in wide
variances of traffic.”
In the Philippines, Carrier commercial
air-conditioning is part of Concepcion Building &
Industrial Solutions, which provides local companies and establishments with an
end-to-end integrated business solutions portfolio, ranging from HVAC to
escalators and elevators.
The outfit, which was established earlier
this year, anchors its product values on energy efficiency, reliability, and
operational stability.
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