ITGN18

BYOD and Understanding Wireless Networks

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Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has been receiving a great deal of attention lately, with users from educators to corporate executives wanting to use their own laptops, tablets, smart phones, and other personal devices to collaborate and present material on the fly in the conference room or classroom. This seminar will focus on the particular wired and wireless network architectures required to support BYOD connectivity. Techniques to determine wireless propagation and provide sufficient bandwidth in the built environment and their implications to building design will be discussed and demonstrated.

NVGN08

Environmental Noise Control for Improved Quality of Life

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For many of us, noise from airplanes, traffic, railroads, and rooftop mechanical equipment is a part of our daily lives. Keeping this noise out of living and workspace is becoming a higher priority. In the first half of this session we will use case studies from residential sound insulation programs as the basis for practical approaches to the design of building envelopes to control intrusive environmental noise. The second half of the seminar will focus on techniques to control noise from exterior mechanical equipment (chillers, cooling towers, fan units) that affect both the interior space of the building and the surrounding community.

ACGN17

Vibration and Noise in AIR-RIGHTS Buildings

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With an ever-increasing interest in constructing buildings close to hectic traffic corridors, intrusive vibrations and noise have emerged as major concerns for designers. We will discuss the basic mechanisms of vibration, noise generation, structural transmission, criteria for evaluating the potential problems, and the means for addressing these issues.

ACAV09

Flipped Classrooms & Collaboration Spaces: An Acoustics and Technology Focus for Success

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Flipped Classrooms and flexible collaboration spaces are of increasing importance in Higher Education and Corporate facilities. Their successful implementation are the result of many factors, including a well tuned acoustical environment and the availability of reliable technology users want to use. This presentation will focus on approaches and techniques required to create a successful acoustical environment with proper technology infrastructure. The presentation also includes a survey of current presentation technologies intended for these applications.

ACGN08

Green Acoustical Innovations (HSW)

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Acoustical products and design innovations can add up to a huge payoff when seeking LEED certification. Learn how ecologically friendly acoustical materials and proper implementation can increase the number of LEED points for new construction and building renovation projects.

ACGN26

Green Acoustics: Acoustics on Green/Sustainable Projects (HSW)

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Green/sustainable practices are revolutionizing the design and construction industry, providing many benefits to the owners, occupants and the environment through smarter use of energy, water and material resources and improved indoor environmental conditions. In many ways, acoustics and sustainable design complement each other toward achieving higher quality results for projects; however, there are also ways that the two topics can significantly conflict. This presentation will discuss the potential synergies and conflicts within these two design objectives.

ACGN47

Green Design: Innovations and hidden opportunities (HSW)

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This session presents an overview of various ways in which sustainable design can be applied to acoustics, audiovisual systems and information technology to extend Green Design concepts. For most architects, a LEED-centric building is the big picture objective, but extending ‘green techniques’ to ancillary components of the design can have a positive long-term impact and cost-savings for clients. Eco-friendly materials and automated power reduction techniques can be used to create spaces that are not only environmentally conscious but also highly functional.

ITGN133

The Intelligent Building is Finally Here: How high-speed networks are changing Building Design (HSW)

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Now that the concept of using one network to transport telephone, data and Internet traffic has become the norm, the converged network is rapidly expanding to support video, multimedia, digital signage, security, building control, building management and building automation system applications. This presentation will review how trends in technology and converged networking are changing building design, the need for technology support spaces and the demand for traditional wired data outlets.

Physical Attributes of Successful Videoconferencing Rooms

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Designing videoconferencing facilities is one of the most complex design challenges for architects today, similar in many ways to the complexity and scope of designing a hospital operating room. This program will help architects and project managers understand the structural and architectural ramifications of professionally designed videoconferencing venues. Topics covered include ideal room attributes, fundamentals of audio and video conferencing, text and graphic legibility standards, sightline and seating considerations, architectural acoustics and mechanical systems noise criteria.

ACGN43

Auralization: BIM For Your Ears (HSW)

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Much like computer modeling allows for 3D renderings of a space’s appearance, we can also create 3D models of a space’s acoustics. Auralization is a technology that allows us to hear what a space will sound like before it is built or renovated, giving everyone on the design team a direct auditory experience of the impact of room shaping, surface finishes, and potential noise sources. Creating an auralization of a space can be used to prevent under- or over-designing acoustical treatments or sound isolation and avoid potentially costly fixes postconstruction. This seminar will introduce the auralization process and provide an opportunity for attendees to hear auralizations of projects where they were used as a critical part of the design process.