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energy-targeted environmental conditions with

sustainability and durability factors built-in," Ethier

says. "It wasn't an easy job for them to design and
start construction on this facility but they did an

amazing job."

The building's archival vaults will stay at a

temperature of 10 C and 40 per cent relative
humidity, with one additional vault at 6 C and thirty

percent relative humidity.

According to Ethier, five of the six vaults will

store analog collections, while the last vault will
house a combination of motion picture films and

newspapers. "We wanted to make sure that the

environment better suited these types of collections
and asked the private partner to design and

construct a structure that will achieve a service life

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