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Ventilation through acoustic ceilings – What is diffuse ceiling ventilation?

2021-12-29 by Morten Roar Berg

Designing a holistic indoor environment can be challenging. It will often entail several compromises between quality of different aspects of well-being. It is extremely rare that a solution comes along that both enhances indoor comfort, reduces complexity of design while also saving money and lowering emissions. It definitely is extremely rare, but it happens. Diffuse […]

A good hospital is well built!

2020-03-24 by Jyrki Kilpikari

Good acoustics is easy to combine with good aesthetics. Delivery room at Tampere University Hospital with Ecophon Hygiene Performance ceiling and Ecophon Akusto Wall tiles with colors and prints. Photo Outi Aalto.

The population is aging, we are living longer and new methods of treatment are constantly emerging. Growth is sought in the productivity of nursing care and the skills it requires will be more demanding. This creates pressure to build resilient, functional, and technology-efficient hospital buildings with a long technical lifespan. Good facilities, their indoor climate, […]

Free Field Conditions at Gentofte Hospital

2018-05-16 by Mai-Britt Beldam

Intervention study in an audiology department As part of the course ‘Architectural Acoustics’ at DTU – Technical University of Denmark, four students (Tobias Thydal, Vamsy Maddipati, Kat Herlo Benfelt Jensen and Christian Pedersen) chose to do an intervention study at the audiology department at Gentofte Hospital near Copenhagen in Denmark. The primary scope of the project […]

Birth pool considers acoustics to create a calming environment

2014-04-29 by Andrea Harman

A midwifery-led birth center that opened in 2010 at City Hospital in Birmingham has won The National Royal College of Midwives Award for “your Birth in our home”. It was judged by the President of the RCM and the committee of judges. The award was presented by Natasha Kaplinski at The Brewery, London. The Serenity […]

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