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Classroom Acoustics sessions at Euronoise 2012

2012-06-12 by Colin Campbell

Euronoise circulation spaceOn Monday afternoon, Arianna Astolfi and Monika Rychtarikova chaired an extensive session on educational buildings. Most sessions where about classrooms but there was also a focus on early years and day care environments. The sessions included:Relationship between Vocal Doses and Voice Disorders on Primary School Teachers. (Arianna Astolfi, Pasquale Bottalico, Anna Accornero, Massimiliano […]

Sport Hall Acoustics session at Euronoise 2012

2012-06-12 by Colin Campbell

Yesterday in Prague Guus Klamerek and Monika Rychtarikova chaired an extensive session on sports halls. There was a strong focus on sports hall experience in Holland as this has been and remains a hot topic there but there were also interesting experiences from Germany and the UK. The sessions included:Louder than a rock concert? – […]

Launch of Essex Study Final Report

2012-05-24 by Colin Campbell

Tuesday 22nd May 2012 saw the launch of the much anticipated final report of the Essex Study which was presented at LearnSpace in Corby, UK as part of school acoustics seminar exploring the acoustic influence on teaching and learning. The event was brought to the invited guests by LearnSpace, Essex Council and Ecophon. Moderated by […]

“Sound Education” seminar in London

2012-05-23 by Colin Campbell

The first of four international seminars begins tomorrow, 24th May at the RICS HQ (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) in Parliament square, Westminster, London. This is a unique event brought to an exclusive audience by Ecophon which will reveal some disturbing facts and exciting news about acoustic environments in schools. Moderated by sound expert and […]

How does it actually sound in classrooms with different acoustic treatments?

2012-04-25 by Colin Campbell

Watch Simon Smith (Learning Environments Leader) at Sweyne Park School, Rayleigh, Essex. UK. describe the classroom acoustic experiences of the students and teachers during the Essex Study and then their recent experience with a new acoustically optimised classroom. Listen to the experiences and differences in the acoustic comfort as the students and teachers experience them […]

Acoustics in German semi-open (Witzenhausen) school

2012-03-26 by Colin Campbell

Interesting school where the concept can be applied to new build or remodelling an existing school and from an educational approach can act as a bridge between traditional cellular and more progressive open concepts. The Berufliche Schulen Witzenhausen Acoustic measurements report is available Witzenhausen_report_1.5_update. For more about this building case study, please contact Colin Campbell The […]

Copenhagen Municipality leads the way for the wellbeing of day care teachers

2012-02-19 by Colin Campbell

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 […]

40% of students experience problems with their sound environment during their education

2012-02-18 by Colin Campbell

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

2011-10-06 by Colin Campbell

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

2011-09-29 by Ricardo Canto Leyton

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 […]

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