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Acoustic comfort in living environment

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2015
As population of aging people growing fast, the need of long-term care facility is also increased. In the living environment of elder people, acoustic comfort has the same importance as thermal comfort and visual comfort. This research is to study the preference of acoustic comfort through the listening evaluation with normal hearing people.
Made Samantha Wiratha, Lucky Tsaih
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Onboard ship noise: Acoustic comfort in cabins

Applied Acoustics, 2021
Abstract The acoustic comfort in passenger cabins on board six passenger ships is analyzed in this paper. The overall noise inside cabins is first evaluated, then the effect of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) is investigated and several criteria, typical from the civil field (Noise Criterion, Room Criterion, etc.), are applied and ...
Borelli D., Gaggero T., Rizzuto E., Schenone C.   +3 more
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Acoustic Comfort in Timber Frame Dwellings

Building Acoustics, 2007
Timber framework has become the most common construction technique in the world for private dwellings. In Belgium, although masonry construction still constitutes the most important market share, the number of new houses with timber framework increases each year.
M Van Damme, M Blasco, C Crispin, P Huart, B Ingelaere, D Wuyts   +5 more
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ACOUSTIC COMFORT IN YACHTS: MEASUREMENTS WITH ACOUSTIC CAMERA

2022
Shipowners have become more sensitive to noise issues, leading to consider acoustic comfort as an important parameter in the design of private boats. In the last years, manufacturers have been requested more attention to the living environments of leisure ships.
Licitra G., Fredianelli L., Kanka S., Artuso F., Fidecaro F.   +4 more
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Adaptive thermal comfort factors in classroom acoustics

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2021
Climate change is affecting the built environment with a growing need to balance adaptive comfort models by relating ambient room temperature and outdoor climatic factors, on the one hand, with adequate classroom acoustics, on the other hand. The adaptive approach allows occupants of a space to adjust their clothing, activity and posture in a space to ...
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Acoustical comfort in office buildings

2019
This paper aims to provide insight to decision makers such as designers, facility managers and renovators of office buildings on how office occupants perceive acoustical comfort. In the first step, a detailed literature analysis was performed to determine the main criteria that can be used to measure acoustical comfort in office buildings.
Artan, D., Ergen, E., Tekçe, Işılay
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Characterization of an urban area’s acoustical comfort

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1998
In this paper a global method to characterize acoustic comfort in urban areas is presented. This method takes into account the relationships between urban forms (shapes, sizes, and material surfaces), the opinions of town-users, and noise descriptors.
Jacques Beaumont, Aline Barlet, Christophe Louwrse, Catherine Semidor   +3 more
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Acoustic Comfort in Hybrid Learning Spaces: Students Perspective

INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, 2023
In this paper, we assess the acoustic environment comfort at the University of Sharjah after classes have been reconfigured in response to COVID-19 pandemic protocols, which included reducing the number of seats to comply with social distancing to support the hybrid teaching model.
Hussein Elmehdi, Ania Tato
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Is acoustic comfort underestimated by architects?

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2010
A survey was carried out among architects and undergraduate students in order to identify their understanding of acoustics. It can be seen that some myths in architectural acoustics are solidly established. Simultaneously, the viewpoint of lay people was also looked into and it was found that their demands are often in opposition to what architects ...
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Noise Criteria in condominiums and acoustic comfort

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1981
The paper deals with noise criteria in condominium situations. Since total inaudibility of intrusive sounds is impossible to achieve with standard construction systems for condominiums, the presence of background noise is considered an important item in the design equation.
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