A Prediction Method of Indoor Airborn Mold Concentration at Museums in Accord with Nature

• Project/Area Number: 24700931
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural property science
• Research Institution: Independent Administrative Institution National Institutes for Cultural Heritage Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
• Principal Investigator: MABUCHI Hajime 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京文化財研究所, 保存修復科学センター, 客員研究員 (80601195)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 浮遊菌 / 博物館 / 保存環境 / 生物被害 / 総合的有害生物管理 / IPM / 文化財 / 自然共生 / 浮遊真菌測定 / ＩＰＭ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In case of museums in accord with nature, it is required to understand the distribution of concentration of indoor air-born mold delivered from outside the facilities. In this study, the concentration predicting method applying air flow measurement has been evaluated.
The predicting values has been compared with measured values, then there are high correlation between them. It is suggested that this method is possible to grasp quantitative concentration of mold delivered from outside, even though the area which is difficult to measure index species.