Is preserving our cultural heritage incompatible with creating healthy, energy-efficient indoor environments? Or is it time to rethink the way we frame this debate?

Bringing together three perspectives - cultural institutions, indoor air quality experts, and market stakeholders - SIMIACCI organises its first webinar, 'Conservation vs efficiency: the IAQ challenge for cultural institutions', that will explore the trade-offs, challenge existing assumptions, and discuss practical solutions to one of the key questions facing the cultural heritage sector.

The Horizon Europe project SIMIACCI aims to revolutionise indoor air quality management in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAMs) by implementing innovative solutions that significantly reduce energy consumption while safeguarding cultural heritage.

Speakers:

• GLAM specialist: Anaïs Ortiz, Head of the Preventive Conservation Service at Archives Nationales de France
• Market representative: Werner Adler, Head of Marketing, Communication & Public Affairs at Condair Switzerland and Condair Italy 
• IAQ expert: Manuel Carlos Gameiro da Silva, Full Professor at the University of Coimbra

Moderator: Pablo Carnero Melero, Technical and EU Project Officer Consultant at REHVA