NBCS Sydney Focusing on learning rather than teaching, changes almost everything we know about a school set up and organization but it is not an easy change. By Mie Guldbaek Broens, LOOP.bz I work with observing, studying and developing educational environments that are changing from a system where predominantly teaching is taking place, to an organisation […]
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Kids with special needs need more than acoustic standards
Intervention study about behaviour and acoustics In January 2015 Ecophon and LOOP.bz started an intervention study at Søgårdsskolen in Gentofte municipality in Denmark. This school is a public school for kids with social cognitive challenges and learning disabilities (ADHD, autism, brain damage, Downs and others). With this group of children it is not possible to […]
Building Physics, Acoustics and Torino!
The 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015) was organised June, 15-17, 2015 in Turin (Torino) in the north of Italy. It was hosted by Politecnico di Torino and co-organized by ATI Piemonte and the Department of Energy – Politecnico di Torino. http://www.ibpc2015.org/ IBPC is the official conference of the International Association of Building Physics […]
Euronoise 2015 – the platform for acoustic competence
Here, some reflections, impressions and facts from Maastricht and Euronoise 2015 – the 10th European Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering. http://www.euronoise2015.eu/ Acousticians and noise experts from countries all over the world gathered for the event on noise control, and soundscape, organised by the European Acoustics Association. Maastricht (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht) in the very south of […]
Acoustics in schools a topic in Spain
A seminar focused on the benefits of good acoustics in schools was held in Madrid. It was called “Sound Education – Acoustic design in educational spaces” and was co-hosted by Ecophon and Iberacustica. The speakers were Ricardo Canto Leyton and Ignacio Ordóñez. Ricardo held two presentations, the first one explaining basic concepts of acoustics, and […]
INTERNOISE 2013 in Innsbruck – my reflections!
Innsbruck river view. INTERNOISE 2013 in Innsbruck, Austria, took place recently (15-18th September) and indeed was a positive experience on many levels. (See previous posting!) Many great acoustic sessions, related expert meetings, meeting both new and old acquaintances from all over the globe, new and updated insights and knowledge – and of course, a lot […]
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 […]
