Hearing the Future
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the importance of acoustics in IEQ design of office, healthcare, and learning spaces for occupant health, safety, and well-being.
- List some of the current standards with acoustical design requirements that help improve IEQ.
- Describe how stone wool acoustical panel can help achieve IEQ goals.
- Explain the way building operations and IEQ standards have changed the way offices, schools, and medical centers are designed.
Credits:
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) has become a gold standard for design. As people head back to the workplace, and schools and medical centers adjust to new standards for the health, safety, and well-being of their occupants, architects must stay on the cutting edge for specifying materials to achieve those designs. Acoustics is one important component of IEQ. This course will look at IEQ design through the lens of acoustics, focusing on learning environments, healthcare, and office spaces. It will feature stone wool acoustical panels as an example of achieving IEQ goals, meeting the latest high standards and guidelines and rising to the challenge of flexible spaces that provide health, safety, and well-being in innovative and high-performance ways.
Photo Credits: Brandon Stengel, Farm Kid Studios, Inc