There was a time when a new office design project hardly required interior doors anyhow. It was believed that open spaces were the best option. Well, office doors are making a return. Thus, there is a renewed admiration for privacy and serenity, making STC door specifically desirable. As a matter of fact, sustainable construction guidelines identify that acoustic building design impacts the occupant’s well being.
History of Office design practices
First of all, there was the surge of the cubicle. Then, open layout offices gained popularity to liberate workers from their isolation. Lately, it appears, many employees want to close the door on both practices, literally. They followed up with four scientific reasons people hate open offices, and recognized noise as a major barrier to innovation, productiveness and work satisfaction. The expert noise consultants can fix your noise related issue.
How STC rated doors keep an office serene
A door gets an STC rating the number of decibels it absorbs as sound passes through it, based on the tests carried out by either ASTM Classification for Rating Sound Insulation or Standard test Method for Laboratory measurement of airborne sound transmission loss of Building Partitions and aspects of kinetics noise.
Performance of acoustic door and Air Duct Noise silencer
The architectural STC rated doors are designed to weaken airborne sound. We test our STC rated doors in operable openings and rate them with seal packages and gasket. To get a sense of the difference you can experience, try O’Neill Engineered Systems creative acoustic sound tool and air duct noise silencer, or even share it with the clients.
O’Neill Engineered Systems provide a wide range of personalization for acoustic wooden doors to fit any workspace design project. Get started getting the ideal solution for your office acoustics.
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