More than 140 acousticians and sound experts mainly from the Nordic countries gathered in June in Stockholm, Sweden, for the BNAM* 2016 (Baltic-Nordic Acoustic Meeting). The venue was KTH Royal Institute of Technology (https://www.kth.se/en) and of course staff from the Marcus Wallenberg Laboratory for Sound and Vibration Research (MWL) was heavily involved in this acoustic […]
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Applying low tech, logical thinking to improve indoor acoustic environments – TEDx Film
Recently at TEDx Bristol, local acoustician Ze Nunes of Mach Acoustics had the opportunity to make an interesting presentation about sustainable acoustics. Ze shared his innovative and logical thinking to improve acoustic environments to a wider audience. Ze presented a low tech and cost effective solution to reduce the ingress of external environmental noise for […]
Engaging Poland in discussions around their new Acoustic Standard
A year ago we wrote here on Acoustic Bulletin.com, about the newly published Polish Standard PN-B-02151-4:2015-06 setting the demands concerning room acoustics in public use buildings, mostly in office, educational and healthcare premises. Since it was the first Polish standard dealing with room acoustics, we wanted to do as much as possible to make this […]
With summer festivals coming it’s time to look out or invest in earplugs!
A recent study of over 50 randomised people who either wore earplugs or did not at an outdoor music festival in Amsterdam give some interesting results. The average sound level was 100dB for over 4 hours and of those not wearing earplugs 42% suffered temporary hearing loss afterwards and of those who wore the earplugs […]
The most promising conferences of 2016
The end of the year means reviews and evaluations but also planning for the year ahead – see the most promising conferences of 2016. There’s no shortage of conferences and seminars delivering opportunities for professional development, networking, interesting research presentations, and much more. But which do you pick? Here’s our shortlist of the most […]
Happy holidays! Here are our top five Christmas sounds!
Christmas is around the corner and if you ask what sense people associate this holiday with, most adults would probably answer taste. Actually, just thinking about it makes us hungry! But what are your favourite Christmas sounds? In the middle of all the stress, have you tried closing your eyes and just listen? We asked […]
In Pursuit of Silence – Documentary Premiere at CPH:DOX
In Pursuit of Silence is a meditative film about the value of silence, our relationship with sound, and the implications of living in such a noisy world. See the trailer here This ground breaking documentary film collaboration In Pursuit of Silence funded by many contributors during two successful Kickstarter campaigns and which is the result of nearly […]
Over 30 presentation films from EIAS 2015 now online!
Trevor Cox – Professor of Acoustics at Salford University Manchester, UK We now have over 30 films available to watch in short and full length versions. We hope you enjoy listening to the new knowledge , research and case studies which were presented earlier this month at EIAS 2015 in Sweden. To give you an […]
EIAS2015 will take place again in Båstad Sweden this October!
This event on the 1st & 2nd October is the seventh occasion. This International Room Acoustics Seminar will focus on knowledge sharing for more sustainable environments. For more info about who the speakers are and the sessions taking place visit the homepage here. Registration is nearly full, however if you would like to attend the […]
New Polish Acoustic Standard
7 years after the first discussions and 5 years after the first working group meeting at the PKN (Polish Standarisation Committee) the Polish Standard PN-B-02151-4:2015-06 is now published. It is the first standard in Poland setting demands concerning room acoustics in public use buildings, mostly in office, educational and healthcare premises. The first part of […]
