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The three most common sources of vibration in buildings are; the environment, mechanical equipment and human activity. Environmental Vibrations Environmental vibrations come in from outside the…
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) rooms are some of the loudest spaces in healthcare facilities. Sound levels near the room boundary can reach 100 to 105 dBA,…
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The days of an empty, sterile lobby with nothing but a security desk and a skylight are over. The lobby or atrium (or “commons” or “courtyard”…
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I wrote this back in 2015, about experiences on a concert tour earlier that year. Later that year, Robert Fisher was diagnosed with cancer, and he…
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Its historic building in the heart of the city, built in 1928, has recently undergone major renovation, including a new sound system featuring Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC…
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To open or not to open, that is one of the key components in stimulating a collaborative work environment. But it’s not just the physical space…
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For millennia, people have developed and settled in mixed-use patterns. However, industrialization led many countries to introduce governmental zoning regulations to separate different functions, such as…
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This paper presents conclusions from a series of research studies that highlight the importance and benefit of very low levels of background noise in performance spaces;…
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Once a staple of every K-12 classroom, chalkboards these days are either covered up in older classrooms, or not even considered in newly designed classrooms. Whiteboards…
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