Italian Normative

Activity concerning regulations and standards in the field of conservation of Cultural Heritage jointly established by UNI, the Ministry of Cultural Activity and Heritage, and CNR.

• UNI/CNR/CTI Joint Coordination Group founded for the coordination of the working group's activities of the UNI Committee, NORMAL, CNR e CTI (Comitato Termotecnico Italiano). Member: D. Camuffo.
• UNI-NORMAL Working Group 22: Museotecnica for the norm concerning the problems about the microclimate, the air quality, the biological pollution, the ambiental diagnostics, the heating, the air condition, the lighting, the showcases, the impact of mass tourism and everything that could be a risk factor for the conservation in the museums. Chairman D. Camuffo. Members: A. Bernardi and G. Sturaro.
• UNI-NORMAL Working Group 4: Environmental Physics. Member: A. Bernardi.
• UNI-NORMAL Working Group 4: Atmospheric Pollution. Member: A. Bernardi.
• "Commissione per l'analisi dei parametri chimico-fisici degli ambienti destinati alla conservazione dei documenti archivistici". Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali Direzione degli Archivi di Stato Italiani. Member: A. Bernardi.
• "Commissione per la valutazione del rischio connesso all'inquinamento atmosferico sui beni di interesse storico artistico italiani esposti all'aperto". Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali. Member: A. Bernardi.

Norms in progress:

1. Norms concerning: Show Cases.
2. Measuring Air and Artworks temperature and humidity.
3. Revising existing norms e.g. UNI 10829, DL 10/05/2001 N. 238.

Just Published: UNI 10969 - Cultural Heritage - Environmental conditions for conservation. General principles for the choice and the control of the indoor environmental parameters. Part 1 Microclimate. February 2002, Rapporteur D. Camuffo.

European Committee for Standardization

Work is in progress to widen the activity at European level within CEN The European Committee for Standardization.

CEN's mission is to promote voluntary technical harmonization in Europe in conjunction with worldwide bodies and its European partners

D. Camuffo is the head of the Italian delegation at the

• Technical Committee CEN TC346

and at the Working Group

• WG 4 "Environment": drafting guidelines for the control of environmental variables, and standards on the measurement of indoor and outdoor environmental conditions, and on artefacts/environment interaction in museums, galleries, historical buildings, churches etc.