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Indoor Environmental Quality
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Acoustic Quality
Improved acoustic quality ensures high employee productivity, attention
span and minimizes stress.
- Maintain a maximum interior Noise Criteria of 35 decibels in
occupied areas. Ceiling panels and carpeting can assist in absorbing
sound.
- Place acoustic buffers (corridors, lobbies, stairwells, storage
rooms, etc.) and sound-insulated partitions between noise-producing
spaces and noise-sensitive areas.
- Place vibrating equipment on isolation pads and enclose in
sound-absorbing walls, floors and ceilings.
- Maintain a maximum external decibel reading of 50 db at property
line.
- In areas of high ambient noise, specify windows rated at an
STC (Sound Transmission Classification) of 40 or better.
- In other areas, specify windows rated at 35 or better.
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