Acoustic design of schools: performance standards 2014 “The long awaited replacement to BB93, Acoustic Design of Schools, is most welcome; if you wish to respond, scroll to the end of the draft document for the 10 questions. You may consider a particular focus on the new open window natural ventilation calculation, guidance for sports halls, […]
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Now over 1500 members of Acoustic Bulletin Group on LinkedIn
The Acoustic Bulletin group on LinkedIn has just surpassed 1500 members. We are very pleased that our group continues to grow with diverse input and discussions mostly around room acoustics. We encourage you to participate, share and interact with the other room acoustic enthusiasts in the group. Click here to join the LinkedIn group. We also […]
Education Construction Network organise a topical school design seminar
On Thursday evening Marcel Hendricks Director of the Education Construction Network organised an evening seminar hosted at the Saint-Gobain Innovation Centre in London. The event titled, “Have we fallen out of love with Sweden & Denmark?” was provoked by recent references and discussions in the media around the influence and transfer of educational and school […]
Key International Acoustic Conferences in 2014
Here are some of the most significant International acoustic conferences coming up in 2014…. If you are hoping to present, abstracts need to be in soon for ICBEN & BNAM!ICBEN 2014, the 11th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, will be held in Nara, Japan from 1-5th June. The Congress is co-organized […]
If Music Is the Architect – Concert halls and acoustics
An interesting article on the nature of concert halls and the role acoustics plays within them. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/22/arts/if-music-is-the-architect.html?pagewanted=all&src;=pm
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 […]
Acoustics a topic at TEDx France
On Saturday October 5th, a TEDx-event will be held in La Rochelle, France. Acoustic Bulletin is proud to announce that this event will feature a presentation on the importance of good acoustics for people. The presentation will be held by Yoan Le-Muet, who recently presented the paper “Combining thermally activated cooling technology and high acoustic […]
Acoustic Bulletin Youtube Channel
Acoustic Bulletin introduces the all new Youtube channel! youtube.com/acousticbulletin Check out the videos, and subscribe to stay updated!
See the new video about Room Acoustic Comfort
The following video has been embedded from the new and improved acoustic section in the Ecophon Homepage http://www.ecophon.com/Flowplayer/flowplayer-3.2.5.swf Problems seeing the video? try this link instead.
Joint Belgium and UK Acoustics symposium at Ghent University
Noise in the built environment symposium (Thursday 29 April 2010 – Friday 30 April 2010) is organised jointly by the Association of Belgian Acoustical Association and Institute of Acoustics, and supported by the European Acoustics Association as an EAA Symposium. Amongst many interesting topics will be: Classroom acoustics; Andrew Parkin, RPS Group discussing BB93: past, […]
