Acoustic Design Guide: Telehealth
This Acoustic Design Guide contains a quick and accessible introduction to the most important acoustic design aspects of rooms used for telehealth – meaning rooms with video and audio equipment.
Environments for special education needs
Learn how to create suitable environments for pupils with special educational needs in this 10 step guide.
Unlocking the potential of learning spaces
Meet a teacher, an architect and a researcher and find out their views on designing modern schools.
Noise affects quality of care
Over hundreds of thousands of years, our ears have evolved to provide perfect hearing outdoors, in nature. But today most of us spend up to 90% of our time indoors, in environments not suitable for the human ear. This has longterm effects for both patients and staff in healthcare facilities.
Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology
Warsaw, Poland
What do we think of our offices today?
What do we think of our offices today? And what do they look like? We called up Tim Oldman, founder of Leesman Index.
Masaryk University
Brno, The Czech Republic
Náchod Hospital
Náchod, The Czech Republic
Senior Housing
Havlíčkův Brod, The Czech Republic
Central Fire Station Přerov
Přerov, The Czech Republic
Winter Stadium
Novy Jicin, The Czech Republic
Sports hall
Otrokovice, The Czech Republic
The miracle in Thorning
Improved acoustics transformed 14 year old hearing-impaired Signe’s life.
Effects of noise and stress in healthcare
Experienced nurse Pernilla Svensson shares her thoughts about noise and acoustics.
Winchester Science Centre
The Winchester Science Centre seized the opportunity provided by Covid-19 lockdowns to improve acoustic conditions by identifying the venue’s “noise hot-spots” and applying a variety of Ecophon’s sound-absorbent solutions.
Alarming effects of noise in schools
86% of French students in middle and high school find their school too noisy. The worst place is the canteen, followed by the corridors and the entrance hall. This is showed by a recent French survey of students in middle and high school.