Andries van Renssen, Principal at Abbots College in Pretoria East, South Africa. Interesting to listen to how different the Vuvuzela sounds in a classroom with poor acoustics vs a classroom with very good acoustics. In fact the school described the transformation from an “acoustically hopeless” room into an effective learning environment in Abbotts College.Ancy Atticula, […]
Clean Industry magazine now online
ECO for sustainable design- Clean Industry, aims to deal with the subject of sustainable design beyond an aesthetic angle to focus on the practical aspects also– concentrating on function, people and on their wellbeing.It’s purpose is to raise awarness about the value of good acoustics accompanied by other useful information and advice for making or […]
Acoustics in TABS classrooms seminar films
Adrian James – Director AJA You can now watch the three filmed presentations on our Acoustic Bulletin YouTube, from the seminar held earlier this summer at the Saint-Gobain Innovation Centre in London. Increasingly Green Buildings” utilising Thermally Active Building Systems (or TABS) have specific acoustic challenges with potential increased low frequency reverberance and overall sound […]
Are you going to Internoise 2013 in Austria?
Starting on Sunday the 15-18th September, INTER-NOISE 2013, the 42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, will be held at the International Congress Centre in Innsbruck, Austria. The theme of the congress is Noise Control for Quality of Life and it is sponsored by the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE), and […]
How we listen is related to our brain activity
Photo: Hear-it.org Researchers Molly Henry and Jonas Obleser from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have discovered that our hearing depends on the exact timing of our brain’s rhythms. According to an article in Hear-it.org our hearing ability, behaviour and perception changes due to different environmental rythyms which in turn influence the way we listen. […]
Seminar about acoustics in TABS classrooms
This Acoustics in TABS Classrooms Seminar on Thursday 27th June, will be held at the Saint-Gobain Innovation Centre in London. Thermally Active Building Systems (or TABS) which utilise exposed thermal mass for temperature stabilisation are increasing as an educational building type due to energy efficiency and potential reduced running costs. However TABS buildings have specific […]
IOA Spring conference – Teachers voice strain and going beyond Reverberation Time
From last months IOA Spring Conference, Jack Harvie-Clark (photo above) of Apex Acoustics discussed his recent investigations into the potential advantages of sound strength “G” and speech clarity “C50” measurements when compared to reverberation time as measurements of classroom acoustics. Also interviewed is Nick Durup of Sharps Redmore and London South Bank University, who discusses […]
School kids show the way to mediating noise disputes
An entertaining short film has been made to coincide with Noise Awareness Week 20- 25th May 2013 in the UK. Watch the film which highlights noise issues and behavoiur in the home here. Here is more info about Noise Action Week.
The suprising and innovative uses for birdsong
A 90-second daily show highlighting the songs of British birds has been played early on BBC Radio 4 this week. But birdsong isn’t just beautiful to listen to, it is increasingly being used in innovative ways due to the positive response people have in certain activity conditions like; during homework, a post-meal slump, where people […]
“Building in Sound” Whitepaper pushes for integrated approach to sound
This recently published BIAMP Sytems Whitepaper calls for acoustics to be given much greater consideration by building designers and engineers, policymakers, public service administrators, business leaders and property investors. Supported by The Sound Agency Julian Treasure writes how it pushes for a truly integrated approach to sound. Where a number of elements need to be […]
