Keynote speakers: Susan Roaf of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh / Andrew Parkin of Cundall, UK The filmed presentations from the recent TABS Expert Meeting held on 25-26th September near Helsingborg are now available here. TABS stands for Thermally Activated Building System and is a design engineering approach for maintaining good thermal comfort in buildings, although unfortunately […]
Offices
Leesman index – changes how the workplace is measured
78% of employees say telephone conversations are an important workplace activity, yet 47% are dissatisfied with noise levels. Can the two ever be balanced? 53% of employees report that their workplace enables them to work productively. But can these figures be improved and what is the benefit to organisational performance? LeesmanIndex who works globally, is changing the […]
Acoustics big topic at International Facility Managers Conference
International Facility Management Association in Sweden yearly host Nordic Workplace. Read about the event here. The subjects are spread over a variety of subjects where acoustic topic “A Psychological Approach to Resolving Office Noise Distraction” where amongst the presentations. In the summary session the noise question got almost half the time discussing and addressing how the […]
TABS Expert Meeting held in Sweden
The first TABS Expert Meeting of it’s kind was held on 25-26th September near Helsingborg. TABS stands for Thermally Activated Building System and is a design engineering approach for maintaining good thermal comfort in buildings, although unfortunately this is often at the expense of a good acoustic environment. The purpose of the event is to […]
A PEOPLE-CENTERED WORKSPACE – The Human Perspective
The human perspective where the subject on the 2 days of presentations and workshop which were held in Stockholm 16-17th of June. Hosted by Ecophon and IFMA Sweden a mixture of disciplines where participating in this crossboarder knowledge spreading session. The subjects and speakers where: Office psychology, Stress Reactions and Health- Aram Seddigh, Stress Research […]
Acoustics on the Agenda at European Facility Management Conference
In the beginning of June, Acoustics were on the agenda at European Facilities Management Conference, EFMC Berlin 2014. Key message to the FM industry; Spread the word about the importance of good acoustics and the added value acoustics can bring to the organisation. This year Ecophon hosted an Round Table session and Rainer Machner from Ecophon made […]
French Acoustic Society Congress In Poitiers
Last week was held in Poitiers (22th – 25th of April ) the annual congress of the French Acoustic Society (Congrès Français d’Acoustique) . As expected it was a rich time for discussion and exchanges.The congress was combine with a musical event following the one organized during Acoustics 2012 in Nantes. The main motivation of this event […]
Comfort and performance rewarded – 6ENERGY+
Thermal performance and acoustic comfort was in the spotlight as 6NERGY+, an innovative net zero energy building in Toulouse (France) was rewarded with the Green Building Solution Awards 2014, organized by Construction21, the European platform for green building practitioners. Out of 67 buildings and 120 innovative solutions taking part the public elected “6NERGY+”. “6NERGY+” is a […]
Thermally activated building systems (TABS) and high acoustical requirements – at DAGA 2014
The cooling and temperature stabilization of modern office buildings by thermally activated building systems (TABS) has in recent years in Europe developed into a common building technique. The solution is to adjust the temperature by utilizing the mass of the concrete core structural soffit. This kind of technology is not compatible with fully covered […]
Movie – Solving Open Plan Office Acoustics
Noisy office? Being disturbed by colleagues on the phone or talking to each other? You might need to improve the acoustic design. This YouTube-film describes the basic facts on how to tune the acoustics in an an office in order to enhance well-being and performance. The first step involves thinking about the people in the […]
