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Designing the Sound System for Mecca
It’s not every day that the opportunity arises to travel to Makkah (or Mecca), the holiest site for Muslims. However, Acentech was asked to help realize…
December 15, 2015
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Controlling Mechanical System Noise
Among these are the environmental sounds from a building’s heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning equipment. How can design professionals help mitigate the distraction caused by HVAC? In…
The Construction Specifier
December 10, 2015
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Vibration Considerations in Buildings
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…
December 8, 2015
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Tips To Reduce MRI Noise And Vibration In Healthcare Environments
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,…
December 4, 2015
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Intelligent Acoustical Design for Atriums
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”…
December 1, 2015
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On Tour with Willard Grant Conspiracy
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…
December 1, 2015
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Rodeph Shalom Jewish Sanctuary Undergoes Renewal
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…
November 30, 2015
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Remote Control: Conferencing Technology that Works
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…
High Profile Monthly
November 15, 2015
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There goes the neighborhood: Acoustical considerations for mixed-use developments
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…
November 6, 2015
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