June 23, 2005: Johnson Controls To Provide Systems For National Film Archives
MILWAUKEE - Johnson Controls Inc. was recently awarded a $1.7 million contract to provide the systems and technology that will control critical indoor environments at the new National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC) being built near Culpeper, Va.
The Johnson Controls Web-based Metasys® building management system will manage all temperature and humidity controls for the 415,000-square-foot complex, which consists of a Collections Building, a Nitrate Vault Building, a Conservation Building, and a central plant building. The Metasys system will also control power loads for energy management throughout the campus. The NAVCC will be the new home of the Library of Congress Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound division. The Library acquired its first motion pictures in 1893 and now has an estimated four million items in its audiovisual collection. The collection is currently housed in seven facilities spread across four states and the District of Columbia.