Tumlesalen i Nord Day Care Centre in Copenhagen Reduction of noise is the priority in Copenhagen in day care centres. Working environment studies show that noise is the primary cause for day care teachers leaving their profession. Copenhagen Municipality have initiated a study to demonstrate how to improve the Day Care sound environment for the […]
Education
40% of students experience problems with their sound environment during their education
Photo: Hear it .org According to a study by the Swedish Association of Hard of Hearing People (HRF) who also discovered that, of the students who had problems with their sound environment; 78% experienced that they have trouble concentrating, 66% become irritated and over half become tired. Four out of ten have trouble remembering and […]
Educational premises workshop at EIAS 2011
Simon Smith (Sweyne Park School) – photo by Martin Arvebro A workshop regarding open plan office acoustics was held at the Ecophon International Acousticians’ Seminar, in Båstad, Sweden, Sept 22nd. An opening lecture to introduce the workshop was “Acoustics in my School” (Essex Study) by Simon Smith – Learning Environments Manager, Sweyne Park School, Essex […]
Interview with Lily M. Wang – EIAS 2011
Sara Holmqvist talks to Lily M. Wang from the US at the Ecophon International Acousticians’ Seminar. Lily is an associate professor within Architectural Engineering at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln NE, USA. Sara Holmqvist is Concept Developer – Health Care Premises at Saint Gobain Ecophon. All interviews from EIAS are also available in HQ […]
Interview with Andrew Parkin – EIAS 2011
Colin Campbell talks to Andrew Parkin from the UK at the Ecophon International Acousticians’ Seminar. Andrew is the director of Cundall acoustics and aside from presenting is also curious to obtain a variety of information to be used when discussing acoustics domestically in the UK. Colin Campbell is Concept Developer – Educational Premises at Saint […]
Interview with Claus Møller Petersen – EIAS 2011
Colin Campbell talks to Claus Møller Petersen from Denmark. Claus is the head of acoustics at Grontmij AS in Copenhagen. All interviews from EIAS are also available in HQ via the Youtube channel youtube.com/acousticbulletin The Ecophon International Acousticians’ Seminar was held on September 21-22, 2011. The seminar joined experts from the acoustic field in Båstad, […]
Interview with James Whitlock – EIAS 2011
Sara Holmqvist talks to James Whitlock from Auckland, New Zealand. James specializes in the Lombard effect and recently did a study using “near-mouth” microphones to determine voice loudness patterns in various noise environments. All interviews from EIAS are also available in HQ via the Youtube channel youtube.com/acousticbulletin The Ecophon International Acousticians’ Seminar was held on […]
Jordanstown SEN School for children who are deaf or visually impaired.
Jordanstown Special Educational Needs School. Northern Ireland In the first week of September, Ecophon took the opportunity to arrange a case study visit to the newly completed and privately funded 4000m2 Jordanstown School; the only school of its kind in Northern Ireland with boarding facilities. Shane Cryer presents in a Jordanstown SEN school classroom This […]
Sharing EU classroom acoustic research in the US
Drs. Marcus Oberdorster and Gerhart Tiesler from Germany were invited to speak at the distinguished Knudsen lecture at the 161st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle Washington, USA. The research which Markus and Gerhart presented was a combined project looking at “acoustic ergonomics in schools” which looks at classroom acoustic conditions for modern […]
New Line Learning Academy– an acoustic case study visit
In March this year, Ecophon organised a case study visit to the recently opened New Line Learning Academy, Maidstone, Kent UK. Far removed from the traditional designs often seen in the UK’s school estate, NLL is 9,463 sqm (GIA), and is designed to accommodate 1110 pupils. The concept for the building was provided by forward […]
