Learning a Vocabulary For Acoustics Fundamentals

Everyone experiences acoustics. It can be exhilarating for music and is traditionally recognized as a need for performing arts venues. Acoustics is fundamental for speech intelligibility in any collaborative or shared environment with any size room that must sound clear. Acoustic design is also a ba...

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Published inASHRAE journal Vol. 62; no. 12; pp. 52 - 56
Main Authors Boldt, Jeff, Wright, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) 01.12.2020
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc
Subjects
Acoustic noise
Acoustics
Architecture
Bass music
Collaboration
Design
Ducts
Engineers
Handbooks
HVAC
Intelligibility
Music
Office layout
Performing arts
Speech
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Summary:Everyone experiences acoustics. It can be exhilarating for music and is traditionally recognized as a need for performing arts venues. Acoustics is fundamental for speech intelligibility in any collaborative or shared environment with any size room that must sound clear. Acoustic design is also a basic need for hospitality or multifamily construction where noisy restaurants and recreation venues with bass music can annoy patrons, sleepers or neighbors. However, with architectural styles trending to more open rooms, hard surfaces, expanded daylighting and exposed HVAC ducts, acoustics design has become more important in the architecture/engineering/ construction (A/E/C) design community.
ISSN:0001-2491
1943-6637