In today's design-oriented world, acoustical products need to do more than function. They are expected to complement, and even enhance interior spaces. That's why ArtUSA Industries is continually designing solutions with the results and look our clients are looking for. We offer a variety of impressive styles and colors. Our wall and ceiling panels are attractive and versatile, and include foam fabric-wrapped and metal panels. ArtUSA Noise Control Products, Inc. helps solve office noise issues in new and existing facilities with cost- effective, long-lasting and easy to install enclosures, ceiling tiles, wall panels, baffles, and other acoustical solutions. High levels of background noise and reverberation or echo hinder and interrupt workflow. So, what’s the solution? ArtUSA Industries affordable acoustic and sound control solutions are the proven answers to help offices sound better and work smoother. Lightweight and easy to suspend from high, open ceilings using traditional hanging or innovative cable suspension systems baffles absorb sound from all directions to reduce reverberation in large open office areas.
Baffles are offered in a variety of standard and custom colors to complement or match school colors. Fabric-wrapped wall panel absorbs up to 85% of the sound directed toward it. They are available in hundreds of fabrics to complement new or freshen up existing color schemes. Ceiling tiles with a backer board drop into a standard grid system and help block sound traveling from adjacent rooms. Tiles without a backer board can be adhered to any wall or ceiling surface making them ideal for rooms without a grid system or those with low ceiling heights. Acoustical Foams & Barriers Wall & Ceiling Products |
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Reducing noise levels in commercial offices can be achieved by utilizing a variety of materials. Wall and ceiling mounted acoustic panels, hanging baffles and high performance ceiling tiles are commonly utilized to improve speech intelligibility and sound quality within commercial office environments. Call centers, conference rooms and open floor plan office settings require different noise absorption surfaces to achieve acceptable sound levels. ArtUSA Noise Control Products, Inc. can provide cost effective sound solutions.
Contact ArtUSA Noise Control Products Inc. Acoustic Consultants for expert guidance on your office noise application. We have a variety of products in stock for quick shipment and also offer custom-made acoustic panels to meet any office décor requirement.
Office Designs for Noise Reduction
Proper office design will factor in the sound levels within the office space and determine where office noise reduction materials are needed. Office noise reduction requires the use of absorptive materials to reduce sound levels within the office space. Fabric wrapped and tackable sound absorbing wall panels are commonly used in office design. Soundproofing products such as sound barriers and door seals can also be used in office deign to increase privacy and security in executive offices, treatment rooms and conference rooms. Office spaces with good acoustical conditions result in higher employee productivity and a happier, more efficient office environment.
Business and Meeting Rooms
Business Offices have several types of spaces that would benefit from attention to acoustics, including:
Open plan offices
Meeting rooms
Meeting rooms with teleconferencing
Open-Plan Offices
Open-plan offices are the exact opposite of concert halls. A concert hall is for enhancing soft sounds for concentrated listening at a distance. In an open-plan office, on the other hand, you don’t want to hear a pin drop; you want to be able to not hear your colleague on the phone. This is achieved by acres of acoustical tile and intentional background noise. The background noise can be the HVAC system, or it can be intentionally installed electronically generated pink noise.
Meeting Rooms
Meeting rooms are rooms for discussion and dialogue (including classrooms). Size and background noise should be the first priority for designing these spaces. The number of people may necessitate a certain size, but minimizing the size will almost always be acoustically beneficial. How much acoustical difficulty is encountered in an intimate living room? None.
There is more meeting than hanging acoustical tile. In particular, to optimize conversation among a large group of people, it is necessary to completely exclude background noise.
Teleconferencing
Teleconferencing rooms are an extension of the ordinary meeting room. These rooms can be used for ordinary meetings, but participants can be brought in from the outside electronically. This participation may be one way, in the form of an audio-visual presentation, or it may include dialogue with people whose physical location may be virtually anywhere. The acoustical requirements for these rooms are very stringent because the quality of the distant connection may vary, as anyone who has had a conversation involving a speakerphone is aware. The key is to create ideal conditions for speech within the room so that conditions within the room will interfere as little as possible with conditions between rooms. The three conditions for ideal speech intelligibility are:
elimination of background noise;
very low reverberation;
diffuse sound reflections to support the speaking voice.
One key to optimizing electronic communication between rooms is to avoid amplification within each room. Excellent acoustics within each room makes this possible.
Corporate and Commercial spaces do share many of the same needs regarding noise control and sound isolation. Corporate offices however require in general a much quieter sound solution. Whether it is equipment noise intruding into work areas, conference rooms requiring ultimate privacy or just noise levels from office work and calls. Solving these acoustics within the corporate market will increase office productivity, make it a healthier, happier and less fatigued workplace.
Acoustics studies the sound and how it behaves in various environments. Sound effects such as absorption, reflection, refraction or interference are also studied by acoustics. The broad acceptance of the term ‘acoustics’ refers to all the aspects of sound. Until not long ago, the notions ‘acoustics’ and ‘sound’ referred to waves and elastic vibrations that humans could hear. However, in the twentieth century, the development of technology and science has led to the broadening of the field of acoustics, in that it now comprises aspects not directly related to the hearing process, such as intensities and frequencies which are above or below the audible limits of humans.
 When speaking of sounds, most people think of the vibrations in any type of medium, which can cause the sensation of hearing. Any unwanted sound is perceived as a noise. The term is definitely subjective, since what is music for one person can very well be noise for another. When such unwanted sounds are excessive, their effects can be destructive, which is now known by the name of noise pollution. Adverse noise effects fall into three categories, physiological, psychological and communicational. Unfortunately, there aren’t any known and adopted remedies for the last two categories. Noise pollution is a complex problem and surveys show a disturbing fact, that noise levels are continually rising in every populated environment.
As far as the sounds inside buildings go, we can speak about two main ways of transmission. Firstly, the sound emanated from either human activity or mechanical noise inside the building travels airborne through walls, ceiling or floor. Sounds from human activity include loud voice or amplified systems. Mechanical noise refers to the sounds produced by elevators, generators, air conditioning systems and so on. Secondly, interior sound can be transmitted not through air, but through the building itself. The former is easier to abate than the latter through wall or ceiling assemblies which meet certain established performance standards.
Statistics say that millions of employees are exposed to noise in the office, and therefore are subjected to all the risks that come along. Work-related stress and accidents which occur because of masked warning signals are just two of them, not to mention the lack of productivity and efficiency on the part of the office workers. Noise represents a safety issue, butt also a productivity issue for the employees. The office should be a quiet place to work and an office with good acoustics will provide the employees with the ability to concentrate and not be distracted. Reducing the intensity of sounds is called soundproofing. Soundproofing can be accomplished in a variety of ways. The distance between the source and the receiver could be increased, sound wave energy could be blocked or absorbed by means of noise barriers, sound baffles could be used as damping structures, or antinoise generators could be activated. With soundproofing, noise can be affected in two ways: it can be either reduced or absorbed. Noise reduction implies blocking the sound wave passage with intervening objects. The absorption of noise refers to echoes and reverberation being suppressed.
The office environment is a place for many acoustic challenges. If sound levels in the office affect efficiency and productivity, the good news is that there are solutions for office noise control. There are many soundproofing materials which improve the sound quality within the room and eliminate the transfer of sound from one room to another. Office noise control is a must for a quiet environments in which employees can concentrate and be efficient in their work. Soundproofing materials play an important part in office noise control, since other methods have failed to show efficiency. Not only are soundproofing materials a useful barrier in blocking noise, but there are also excellent in appearance. Soundproofing materials add an aesthetical touch to your place of work, not to mention that they are fire rated.
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