Office acoustics and green building trends - can they play nice together? CCR ASSOCIATES' own Charles Roy was recently quoted by an article in Buildings magazine regarding this topic:
Both the design of an office space and its materials should be carefully considered to address the ABCs (absorb, block, and cover) of acoustics; this has proven effective for ensuring speech privacy for years. According to Charles C. Roy, president, CCR Associates LLC, an Essex, CT-based acoustical consulting firm, "… the absorption (ceilings, furniture, and carpet), blocking (walls, furniture, and ceilings) and covering of sound (controlling the ambient background with soundmasking) are critical components in addressing office acoustics. In general, when one segment or another is ignored, the cumulative outcome for speech privacy will be less than when all are addressed equally."...
LEED and other green building techniques can, without foresight, have a detrimental effect on office acoustics. However, so can many other building practices, green or not. With proper design and attentiveness to the ABCs, green offices can indeed "play nice" with acoustics.
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2 comments:
Office acoustics are not taken as seriously as it should in most cases. Most offices have acoustic tiles on the ceiling and together with carpet, workstation panels and other material, the level absorption is sufficent. I have seen some office levels in building also have acoustic panels or baffles
Hi Laura,
You guys are the only company I've come across who really get sound masking and how it should apply to the modern workplace.
I work for Hufcor in Australia and we are about to launch a fully integrated workplace acoustics system usin SoftdBs adaptive masking system. Watch this space http://flexibleworkplaceacoustics.blogspot.com.au/
All the best
Tom
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