The importance of Acoustics
Acoustic correction is a necessary part of creating good indoor environments
Rockfon provides excellent acoustic properties
Stone wool is by nature a highly sound-absorbent material providing Rockfon ceilings excellent acoustic properties. This allows you to achieve a high level of acoustical comfort without having to use ceilings with dimples, perforations or holes. The acoustical ratings of Rockfon products have been tested in independent and certified laboratories.
In schools, up to 70% of the consonants spoken by teachers cannot be heard by pupils(1)
In hospital environments, noise control is very important to the recovery of patients as “unwanted sound” can increase heart rate, blood pressure and respiration rate(2)
In offices, 70% of employees believe that their productivity would be higher if their environment was less noisy(3)
In open plan offices, 60% of employees say that noise is the single most disturbing factor(4)
1) “Speech Intelligibility in Classrooms” research project conducted by The Department of Building Engineering & Surveying of Herriot-Watt University in Edinburgh
2) Health Technical Memorandum 08-01: Acoustics
3) Julian Treasure, Sound Business, 2007
4) Danish National Research Center for Working Environment: “Noise from human activity”