The quality of the acoustic environment in offices is crucial for the wellbeing of each and every employee which, in turn, influences the success of the organisation. Flexible workplaces and open-plan offices or combinations thereof seem to be the future. Such a solution involves an office environment in which specific demands are to be placed on acoustics. In this kind of office environment, acoustics greatly influence the office worker's psychological and physical well being. People are easily distracted by voices and background noises. They affect our power of concentration and thus our attention to the task we are expected to perform.
The Acoustic Ceiling provides ideal conditions
The acoustics ceiling plays a vital role in a good office environment, where both sound and light are vital to employee comfort. A highly efficient acoustic ceiling absorbs most sound waves that hit the ceiling, resulting, in reduced reverberation time. Which in turn lower the general noise level in the room and reduces the propagation of airborne sound.
The usual approach is to examine the relationship between voice and noise (background noise). The voice should be approximately 15dB above noise in order to be fully understood. Reducing background noise removes the need to raise your voice to be heard. This subsequently lowers the general noise level and combats the risk of disturbing other conversations in the surrounding area.
A low level of general noise level and combines with reduced sound propagation makes it possible to control the balance between necessary speech intelligibility and the required privacy.
The international system for classifying sound absorbers divides them into five classes, from A to E, where absorption class A represents the highest level of sound absorption. Choosing an acoustic ceiling of absorption class A represents the highest level of sound absorption class A for 100% of the ceiling surface provides an excellent acoustic environment in a room. |
