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ESL - Walk-in Archival Storage Rooms
Archival storage rooms are temperature- and humidity-controlled chambers that maintain the ideal environmental conditions to preserve delicate items, such as museum objects or artifacts.
At Environmental Specialties, we have a long history of designing and building incredibly precise and reliable archival storage facilities for the world’s most venerable museums, universities, Presidential Libraries, and more. You can count on our team to meet the most stringent demands of your invaluable collections.
Our Archival Rooms are suitable for a wide range of applications including:
- Books
- Posters
- Maps
- Charts
- Architectural records
- Still and motion pictures
- Negatives
- X-rays
- Microfilm
- Slides
- Tapes
- Disks
- Paintings
- Sculptures
- Ceramics
- Metallic items
- Bones
Our archival rooms combine maximum flexibility with advanced reliability. They provide precise control over temperature and relative humidity (RH), and we offer a variety of customizable features to help ensure the exacting conditions necessary for your irreplaceable artifacts.
- Ranging from single artifact preparation to high bay warehouse
- Temperature and humidity set points and volumetric temperature uniformity dictated by artifact type and material being stored
- RH levels as dry as 1 percent
- Single point or variable set point temperature control accuracy of +/-0.1°C
- N+N (2N) 100-percent mechanical redundancy systems with automatic switchover
- Rooms built with insulated metal structure
- Standard controls can be integrated to building management and building automation systems
- HEPA filtration available when needed
- Modular metal skinned panels with urethane insulation featuring “cam-locking” tongue-and-groove construction, as well as vinyl gasketed seams fitted on the interior and exterior of each panel to provide moisture- and vapor-tight seal
- Self-supporting or building supported roof panel suspension
- Insulated panel finishes include stainless steel or embossed white galvanized steel
- Standard panel thickness of four inches
- Entrance types:
- Personnel doors
- Slider, roll-up, powered, and manual vehicle doors
- Floor panel (if applicable):
- Stainless steel, galvanized steel, or diamond plate finishes
- Standard floor load rating of 600 pounds per square foot, with higher rating if necessary
- Factory Mutual (FM) 4880 fire rating available
- Lighting:
- Vapor-proof LED fixtures
- Standard, zone, or motion detected lighting controls
- Controls:
- Proportional–integral–derivative (PID) or programmable logic controller (PLC)
- Optional redundancy
- Minimum one-year labor and materials with variable extended warranty available
- 24-hour duration
- Monitoring points ranging from 16 to 24 unloaded
- Validation available as an additional service, including installation qualification (IQ), operational qualification (OQ), and performance qualification (PQ)
- Master manual (engineering/design submittal)
- Recommended spare parts
- Major equipment datasheets
- As-built drawings and schematics
- Owner’s instructions
- Controls manual
- Equipment manual
- Warranty statements
- Field testing data
We can design our archival rooms to meet a variety of highly specialized requirements, including:
- Conditioned anteroom with airlock
- Unconditioned vestibule with airlock
- Customer/project specific customizations