Wireless sensor network for indoor and outdoor atmospheric monitoring in culture heritage

Environmental monitoring is of paramount importance in the preservation of cultural heritage. Climatic conditions affect significantly the conservation state of cultural heritage assets and can accelerate their degradation process. Thus, a continuous and accurate monitoring system is required in most of the cultural heritage sites to control the micro-climate parameters. The proposed environmental monitoring system complies with the typical constraints required in the cultural heritage field and it is effectively employed in different monitoring campaigns still in progress. The system employs small sensor nodes that measure local temperature and humidity and wireless transmit acquired data to a dedicated receiver. The system is very flexible and can be adapted to serve almost every location, both indoor and outdoor. Moreover, the system can optionally provide a remote real-time data access using a cloud infrastructure when Internet and a power source are available in the heritage site.