Soundscapes: Safe and Sound Kirsten Van den Bosh spoke under the title ‘Safe and Sound’ at EIAS 2015 and even though she mentioned that it was nearly blasphemy to say “I think that acoustics are a bit overrated!” during an international acoustic conference, she might have a point. Kirsten’s research focuses on soundscapes in special needs […]
Psychoacoustics
Sundbyberg Study, Acoustic measurement reports + Publication
These are the measurement reports on the Sundbyberg study, a cross -over study in an open plan. Sundbyberg_Evaluation of room acoustic parameters in open plan offices ISO 3382-3_141128 Sundbyberg_Measurements of sound pressure level in open plan offices The link to the published paper you will find here.
Healthy Buildings 2015 Europe – “What is Indoor Environment Quality without acoustics?”
“Stepping beyond traditional boundaries, (re)creating healthy buildings”, was the slogan or motto of the recently organised Healthy Buildings 2015 Europe. http://hb2015-europe.org/ This conference was organized by ISIAQ.nl (http://www.isiaq.nl/v2/isiaq/) and the Eindhoven University of Technology (https://www.tue.nl/en/), under the auspices of ISIAQ International (http://www.isiaq.org/). Experts covered knowledge areas regarding Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ). More than 360 abstracts […]
Planning for Psychoacoustics
A Psychological Approach to Resolving Office Noise Distraction – a literature review. Whats your favorite place to work? In the open plan office, meeting room, in the cafeteria or at your homedesk?. Do you like sounds around you or does it just makes you distrubed and frusterated? Linked to your persona perhaps? Reported noise annoyance does correlate […]
Leesman index – changes how the workplace is measured
78% of employees say telephone conversations are an important workplace activity, yet 47% are dissatisfied with noise levels. Can the two ever be balanced? 53% of employees report that their workplace enables them to work productively. But can these figures be improved and what is the benefit to organisational performance? LeesmanIndex who works globally, is changing the […]
