How to improve office acoustics

How to improve office acoustics?
Improving office acoustics, and workplace acoustics in general, to an acceptable level doesn't necessarily have to be very complicated. The most basic approach, available at the Acousticshop, is to provide at least 30% of two sound reflective surfaces with acoustic panels. These surfaces should include at least one wall and the ceiling. If you do not have any free walls, you should double the percentage, meaning that you provide at least 50% of the ceiling with acoustic panels.

Which products use to improve office acoustics?
This is the most frequently asked question when it comes to room acoustics. In rooms like offices, waiting or consultation rooms, meeting rooms or conference rooms, the noise problem is mainly caused by medium and high frequencies. This makes selecting a product quite easy, since products with a thickness starting from 25 mm have sufficient absorption values to absorb the higher frequencies, provided that enough square meters are covered (!). However, it remains true that thicker products absorb better, especially medium and low frequencies. Even so, the following rule applies in each case: the more absorption surface, the better the acoustics..

Acoustic panels for a ceiling

• Flamex Basic
  Simple flat sheet material. Effective, easy to process, with a good balance between price, quality and properties.
• Akotherm SF
  Smooth polyester wool plate available in black and white. This product is a great basic application as well. It is advised not to cut the plate to size, but to assemble it in the way that it is delivered.
• Flamex Edge
  A bestselling melamine foam panel containing an angled faceted edge. Easy to assemble without special tools. Available in two sizes, in the colours white and grey. Due to the open cell structure and panel thickness it has excellent absorption values in the middle and high frequency range.
• Flamex Pyramid
  Just like the Flamex Facet, it is easy to assemble. The excellent properties ensure a better acoustic climate. The pyramid structure gives your space a fresh look.

Acoustic panels for a wall

• Akotherm Edge
  A polyester absorption panel with beveled edges. This product is provided with a slight wave structure on one side. If your budget is limited, you can achieve excellent results with this product. Competitively priced and yet aesthetically pleasing.
• Akotherm D40
  Basic high density polyester wool panel containing high absorption values. This product is similar to the Akotherm Facet, except for the facet edge. The visible side is equipped with a slight wave structure. This Akotherm variant is also perfectly suitable for budget projects!
• Akotherm SF
  Smooth polyester wool board available in black and white. Apart from mounting against the ceiling, this product can be mounted against the wall as well. Akotherm is also used as a filling in homemade absorption panels.    
• Flamex Edge
  Applicable to walls that, due to the vulnerability of the product, you do not come too close to. Containing an aesthetic faceted edge all around. Easy to assemble without special tools. Available in two sizes, and in the colours white and grey. Due to the open cell structure and panel thickness it contains excellent absorption values in the middle and high frequency ranges.

More topics on room acoustics
On our tips category "Reverberation & Room Acoustics" you find more solutions for improving acoustics.

Questions? 
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