Calculation tools Recently a new acoustic calculation tool has been published. It is based on Air Flow Resistance (AFR) and calculates several room acoustic descriptors. This article aims to explain why calculations based on the Sabine equation are not always the whole truth. Background – Sabine and ISO 3382-1/2 A long tradition of research shows […]
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Seven great female acousticians on Twitter
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we’d like to put the spotlight on a handful of all the fabulous female acousticians out there. While it is a male-dominated industry, there are many women contributing to the profession and often working hard to improve the gender balance by encouraging more young women to join. The openness of […]
Enhancing sound experiences of concert halls
Norwegian Acoustician, Magne Skålevik, is a real sound enthusiast. In this guest post, he tells us a bit more about his research project on concert halls and invites us to visit AKUTEK, an independent site for knowledge on room acoustics and concert halls in particular, founded by Magne himself. What’s in between noise and […]
Acoustic conferences to look forward to in 2018
Planning for the year ahead? Wondering what acoustic conferences to attend? Us too! We know a lot of you are involved in and attend conferences around the globe and we love bumping into our readers and having a chat – in the real world. Here’s our list of interesting conferences next year. If you’re going, […]
Are Italian architecture students the best in the world?
– at least when it comes to knowledge in Acoustic Comfort! Architecture and architects have the ability to inspire, engage and even be life-enhancing. But why has one single sense – sight – become so predominant in architectural culture and design? In order to tackle the suppression of the other four senses, I would […]
London calling for acoustics! Reflections from international acoustic conference, ICSV24
Summertime is acoustic conference time! They all seem to be clustered during a few months globally, which makes summer time rather intensive if you want to cover as much and many as possible. For me, my colleagues and Ecophon, the 24th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV24) in London, United Kingdom (23 – 27 July […]
The hottest acoustic conference this year!
The 12th ICBEN (International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise) Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem was held June 18-22, 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland. The congress targeted everybody interested in the vast field of auditory and non-auditory effects of noise. The “tropical” Zurich?! I arrived on the Sunday in “tropical” Zurich and was […]
Did you miss out? ICBEN 2017 – Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem
The last month I have had the privilege to attend three conferences – IFHE in Bologna (the 7th European Congress for the International Federation of Hospital Engineering), European Healthcare Design in London and this week ICBEN in Zürich. And what a way to end it! ICBEN was amazing – great program, great speakers wanting to […]
More acoustics to architecture students!
International architecture student contest – a way to open the ears and eyes of designers regarding sustainable indoor environments. Architecture, the ‘‘mother of all arts,’’ is concerned with the design, arrangement, and manipulation of the physical properties of a space. However, architects almost exclusively consider the visual aspects of a structure. Only rarely do they […]
Proposal for revised Building Code in Finland – key implications
Acoustic standards, guidelines and building codes have the potential of having a profound impact on future construction, for better or worse, for years to come. That is why we at Acoustic Bulletin keep a keen eye on the developments. We’ve written about this topic on several occasions, like this post from Poland, or this one about […]
