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Museum-wide, Alpha Controls ultimately installed a total of 100 Schneider Electric I/A Series® MicroNet VAV controllers, tied to a series of Schneider Electric S-Link Sensors and 10 Trane air handlers, to monitor and control energy consumption for the entire museum.

For example, the DuraDrive damper actuators used to open and close the Trane air handler dampers must meet very precise torque requirements day-to-day throughout the life of the system as they open and close repeatedly throughout the day in response to constantly changing heat loads.

Failure to do so could be catastrophic

Failure to do so could be catastrophic, says Bernardi, given the tight temperature and humidity requirements of the museum....

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In Lincoln’s museum, artifacts
rely on fine-tuned controls

If the museum has a “jewel in the crown,” it would be the 3,000-sq-ft flexible exhibit area (FEA). On any given day, visitors to the FEA can find the rarest of Lincoln artifacts on loan from collections around the country, including the carriage in which the Lincolns rode to Ford’s
Theater and pieces of Lincoln’s jacket and blood-stained shirt and gloves.

As the requirements for the FEA indicate, maintaining the ideal low relative humidity is absolutely critical to preserving these rare artifacts...