MMag.a Katja Almberger, MA
Carinthian Regional Archives, Klagenfurt, Austria / Koroški deželni arhiv, Celovec, Avstrija
Climatic Changes in the Alps-Adriatic region: Considerations and Measures for Protecting Archival Records in the Carinthian Regional Archives – A Field Report (Full text)
Podnebne spremembe v alpsko-jadranskem prostoru: razmislek in ukrepi za zaščito arhivskega gradiva v Koroškem deželnem arhivu – poročilo s terena
(Moderna arhivistika 2026, 9(1), str/pp. 13-31)
https://doi.org/10.54356/MA/WHTD2356
Citiranje:
Almberger, K. (2026). Climatic Changes in the Alps-Adriatic region: Considerations and Measures for Protecting Archival Records in the Carinthian Regional Archives – A Field Report. Moderna Arhivistika, 1(9), 13. https://doi.org/10.54356/ma/whtd2356
Abstract:
Climate change is increasingly threatening cultural heritage. The Carinthian Regional Archives, opened in 1996, was based on 1980s climate data and the “Cologne Model”. However, climate shifts since the late 1990s – especially higher winter temperatures, with declining precipitation, and hotter summers – have reduced its effectiveness. From 2017, several measures, e.g., disaster planning, improved storage materials, digitization, and IPM. Nevertheless, data from the early 2020s showed ongoing instability, with significant fluctuations in temperature and humidity. As a result, a fully automated climate-control system with emergency power and photovoltaic support was installed, successfully stabilizing conditions and ensuring the long-term preservation and usability of archival records. In an effort to minimize the archive's carbon footprint, a photovoltaic system was installed simultaneously.
Keywords:
climate change, preservation, air conditioning, sustainability
Izvleček:
Podnebne spremembe v alpsko-jadranskem prostoru: razmislek in ukrepi za zaščito arhivskega gradiva v Koroškem deželnem arhivu – poročilo s terena
Podnebne spremembe vedno bolj ogrožajo kulturno dediščino. Dejavnost Koroškega deželnega arhiva, odprtega leta 1996, je temeljila na podnebnih podatkih iz 80. let prejšnjega stoletja in na »kölnskem modelu«. Vendar so podnebne spremembe od konca 90. let – zlasti višje zimske temperature ob manjših količinah padavin in vroča poletja – zmanjšale njegovo učinkovitost. Od leta 2017 so bili sprejeti številni ukrepi, npr. načrtovanje za primer katastrofe, izboljšani materiali za hrambo gradiva, digitizacija in integrirano zatiranje škodljivcev (IPM). Kljub temu so podatki iz začetka 2020-ih pokazali nadaljnjo nestabilnost z znatnimi nihanji temperature in vlažnosti. Zato je bil nameščen popolnoma avtomatiziran sistem za nadzor klime, z zasilnim napajanjem in fotovoltaično podporo, ki je uspešno stabiliziral pogoje ter zagotovil dolgoročno ohranjanje in uporabnost arhivskih dokumentov. V prizadevanju za zmanjšanje ogljičnega odtisa arhiva je bil hkrati nameščen tudi fotovoltaični sistem.
Ključne besede:
podnebne spremembe, ohranjanje okolja, klimatizacija, trajnost
