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Heritage Sustainability Tool

The Heritage Sustainability Tool (HST) app aims to provide a comprehensive system to assess the current state of museum facilities in terms of risk and environmental sustainability. The use of HST will identify areas for improvement and implement effective strategies to reduce energy impact while preserving the safety of artworks.

Project Overview

The Heritage Sustainability Tool (HST) is a web and mobile application designed to provide a comprehensive system for assessing the state of museum facilities in terms of risk management and environmental sustainability.

Its primary goal is to identify areas for improvement and support the implementation of effective strategies to reduce energy impact while ensuring the preservation and safety of cultural heritage.

Key Features:

  • Dynamic Assessment Forms: customizable assessment templates for risk and sustainability, with questions that can be easily updated, reordered, or modified by platform administrators to align with evolving regulations and the latest research findings.
  • Offline Functionality: specialized personnel can complete assessments on their devices even in areas without connectivity, such as high-security vaults or remote facilities. All data is synced seamlessly once the device is back online.
  • User-friendly Interface for Assessors: intuitive tools for authorized personnel to complete assessments directly in the app, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in the data collection process.
  • Centralized Data Management: all collected data is securely stored and accessible for analysis, enabling stakeholders to monitor risks and sustainability metrics over time.

By using the HST app, museums and cultural institutions can effectively track and improve their environmental impact while ensuring compliance with the latest risk management standards. This tool empowers teams to take informed actions that safeguard both their collections and the environment.

Directus plays a pivotal role in powering the HST app by providing a robust backend for managing data and user interactions. The platform simplifies CRUD operations and authentication with a user-friendly, role-based access control system. Through Directus we manage to offer a flexible interface for managing and updating the assessment forms, which allows administrators to quickly adapt the tool to regulatory updates and emerging sustainability research, all with minimal development overhead.