On Thursday evening Marcel Hendricks Director of the Education Construction Network organised an evening seminar hosted at the Saint-Gobain Innovation Centre in London. The event titled, “Have we fallen out of love with Sweden & Denmark?” was provoked by recent references and discussions in the media around the influence and transfer of educational and school […]
Events
Brand New TEDx-Video about acoustics
On Saturday October 5th, a TEDx-event was held in La Rochelle, France. As previously announced, this event featured a presentation on the importance of good acoustics for people by Yoan Le-Muet. The presentation is now available on YouTube! Click the above image to watch it.
Acoustic inspiration from a South African classroom
Andries van Renssen, Principal at Abbots College in Pretoria East, South Africa. Interesting to listen to how different the Vuvuzela sounds in a classroom with poor acoustics vs a classroom with very good acoustics. In fact the school described the transformation from an “acoustically hopeless” room into an effective learning environment in Abbotts College.Ancy Atticula, […]
London Seminar – Future of the workplace
On the 26th of September Saint-Gobain Ecophon UK was pleased to host the first of a series of seminars on the future of the workplace at the Saint-Gobain Innovation Centre in central London.Three leading experts in their fields were brought together to discuss and share insights on the sometimes conflicting demands we will face as […]
Acoustics a topic at TEDx France
On Saturday October 5th, a TEDx-event will be held in La Rochelle, France. Acoustic Bulletin is proud to announce that this event will feature a presentation on the importance of good acoustics for people. The presentation will be held by Yoan Le-Muet, who recently presented the paper “Combining thermally activated cooling technology and high acoustic […]
Acoustics in TABS classrooms seminar films
Adrian James – Director AJA You can now watch the three filmed presentations on our Acoustic Bulletin YouTube, from the seminar held earlier this summer at the Saint-Gobain Innovation Centre in London. Increasingly Green Buildings” utilising Thermally Active Building Systems (or TABS) have specific acoustic challenges with potential increased low frequency reverberance and overall sound […]
“Sound Education” seminar in London
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 […]
