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Part summary of the project 'Speakers' Comfort' Teachers' voice use in teaching environments

, 2015
Classroom acoustics not always take the speaker's comfort into consideration. The purpose of the presented papers was to investigate voice use, vocal behavior and prevalence of voice problems in Swedish teaching staff.
Rydell, Roland,, Löfqvist, Anders,, Lyberg-Åhlander, Viveka,, Pelegrin-García, David,, Lund University., Brunskog, Jonas,   +5 more
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Energy and Comfort Performance Analysis of Monitored Thermally Activated Building Systems Combined with Geothermal Heat Pumps

, 2012
The combination of geothermal heat pumps (GEO HPs) and thermally activated building systems (TABS), that allow both low temperature heating and high temperature cooling, could yield primary energy savings of around 20-71% in comparison with conventional ...
Kipry, Herdis, Hoogmartens, Jan, Gantiez, Clément, Bockelmann, Franziska, Lemort, Vincent   +4 more
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OpenPSTD: The open source implementation of the pseudospectral time-domain method

, 2014
An open source implementation of the pseudospectral time-domain method for the propagation of sound is presented, which is geared towards applications in the built environment.
Krijnen, T., Borkowski, B., Hornikx, M.C.J.   +2 more
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Recent projects in building acoustics at NRC

, 2004
This series of papers presents results from recent major projects on building acoustics at the National Research Council. In each case, major reports providing more detail on the projects are listed at the end of the brief abstracts.
Halliwell, R. E., Warnock, A. C. C., Gover, B. N., Quirt, J. D., Bradley, J. S., Nightingale, T. R. T.   +5 more
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Measuring Sound Insulation under Extreme Conditions using Deconvolution Techniques

, 2009
To compare the sound insulation performance of a building element with the given requirements, measurements have to be done. Generally, a broadband noise source is used, according to international standards.
Slaat, GE Esther, Slaat, G.E., Gerretsen, E., Hout, N.H.A.M. van, Hout, NHAM van, Hout, van, N.H.A.M., Hak, C.C.J.M., Hak, CCJM Constant, Gerretsen, E Eddy   +8 more
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Noise Levels and Acoustic Quality of Preschool Learning Spaces in Taiwan. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Page WH, McLaren SJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

EEG response and productivity outcome under changing indoor environment. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Zhang S, Ma T, Zuoqiu S.
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Room acoustics performance prediciton

, 2011
This chapter covers the fundamentals of computational room acoustics. It discusses common approaches applied in room acoustics simulation applications to model the sound propagation phenomena in architectural ...
Mahdavi, Ardeshir
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FRESH: An Autonomous IoT Platform for Multi-Parameter Environmental Sensing and Short-Term Forecasting. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Pan F, Covington JA.
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Acoustics in Wooden Buildings - State of the Art 2008

, 2008
Acoustics is an important performance characteristic for building with wood and a prerequisite for the acceptance of wooden buildings by building industry, building owners and consumers.
Bolmsvik, Åsa,, Olsson, Anders,
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