---
_id: '5207'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In offices and most other working environments a high speech privacy and a
    low noise level is desired to allow for concentrated work and calm work conditions.
    Hence a low Speech Transmission Index (STI) is required, as even irrelevant speech
    information at lower volumes can be extremly disturbing and performance reducing.
    At the same time working environments demand for other - often conflicting - requirements
    such as transparency to ensure visual connections and daylight transmission, functional
    flexibility for diverse activities in the same space and for hygienic, environmental
    or security aspects. These requirements have to be balanced by a sensible and
    intelligent design and layout of absorbers and partition elements and partition.
    Three research projects investigated an optimised design of low and mid frequency
    absorbers for working environments to improve the acoustic and design quality
    of different products. Acoustically optimised indoor spaces may become more important
    in the future due to an increase of hearing impairments in the aging population
    as well as in the younger generations. This is seen not only as a technical but
    as a design challenge to balance optimised sound pressure levels, reverberation
    times and Speech Transmission Indices. © 2016, German Acoustical Society (DEGA).
    All rights reserved.
author:
- first_name: Chirstoph
  full_name: Kirch, Chirstoph
  last_name: Kirch
- first_name: Uta
  full_name: Pottgiesser, Uta
  id: '27166'
  last_name: Pottgiesser
  orcid: 0000-0002-8594-3168
citation:
  ama: 'Kirch C, Pottgiesser U. Low and mid frequency design - Implementation of room
    acoustics in different building types and for different kinds of use. In: <i>Proceedings
    of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise
    Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future</i>. German Acoustical Society (DEGA);
    2016:3536-3547.'
  apa: 'Kirch, C., &#38; Pottgiesser, U. (2016). Low and mid frequency design - Implementation
    of room acoustics in different building types and for different kinds of use.
    In <i>Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and Exposition
    on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future</i> (pp. 3536–3547). Hamburg:
    German Acoustical Society (DEGA).'
  bjps: '<b>Kirch C and Pottgiesser U</b> (2016) Low and Mid Frequency Design - Implementation
    of Room Acoustics in Different Building Types and for Different Kinds of Use.
    <i>Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and Exposition
    on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future</i>. German Acoustical
    Society (DEGA), pp. 3536–3547.'
  chicago: 'Kirch, Chirstoph, and Uta Pottgiesser. “Low and Mid Frequency Design -
    Implementation of Room Acoustics in Different Building Types and for Different
    Kinds of Use.” In <i>Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International
    Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future</i>,
    3536–47. German Acoustical Society (DEGA), 2016.'
  chicago-de: 'Kirch, Chirstoph und Uta Pottgiesser. 2016. Low and mid frequency design
    - Implementation of room acoustics in different building types and for different
    kinds of use. In: <i>Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International
    Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future</i>,
    3536–3547. German Acoustical Society (DEGA).'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Kirch, Chirstoph</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Pottgiesser, Uta</span>: Low and mid frequency
    design - Implementation of room acoustics in different building types and for
    different kinds of use. In: <i>Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International
    Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future</i> :
    German Acoustical Society (DEGA), 2016, S. 3536–3547'
  havard: 'C. Kirch, U. Pottgiesser, Low and mid frequency design - Implementation
    of room acoustics in different building types and for different kinds of use,
    in: Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and Exposition
    on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future, German Acoustical Society
    (DEGA), 2016: pp. 3536–3547.'
  ieee: 'C. Kirch and U. Pottgiesser, “Low and mid frequency design - Implementation
    of room acoustics in different building types and for different kinds of use,”
    in <i>Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and Exposition
    on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future</i>, Hamburg, 2016, pp.
    3536–3547.'
  mla: 'Kirch, Chirstoph, and Uta Pottgiesser. “Low and Mid Frequency Design - Implementation
    of Room Acoustics in Different Building Types and for Different Kinds of Use.”
    <i>Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and Exposition
    on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future</i>, German Acoustical
    Society (DEGA), 2016, pp. 3536–47.'
  short: 'C. Kirch, U. Pottgiesser, in: Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th
    International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a
    Quieter Future, German Acoustical Society (DEGA), 2016, pp. 3536–3547.'
  ufg: '<b>Kirch, Chirstoph/Pottgiesser, Uta (2016)</b>: Low and mid frequency design
    - Implementation of room acoustics in different building types and for different
    kinds of use, in: <i>Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International
    Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future</i>,
    S. 3536–3547.'
  van: 'Kirch C, Pottgiesser U. Low and mid frequency design - Implementation of room
    acoustics in different building types and for different kinds of use. In: Proceedings
    of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise
    Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future. German Acoustical Society (DEGA);
    2016. p. 3536–47.'
conference:
  end_date: 2016-08-21
  location: Hamburg
  name: '45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering:
    Towards a Quieter Future'
  start_date: 2016-08-21
date_created: 2021-03-03T14:23:05Z
date_updated: 2023-03-15T13:49:58Z
department:
- _id: DEP1020
- _id: DEP1301
- _id: DEP1055
keyword:
- Additional requirements
- Building types
- Room acoustics
language:
- iso: eng
page: 3536-3547
publication: 'Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE 2016 - 45th International Congress and
  Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future'
publication_status: published
publisher: German Acoustical Society (DEGA)
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Low and mid frequency design - Implementation of room acoustics in different
  building types and for different kinds of use
type: conference
user_id: '45673'
year: 2016
...
---
_id: '5810'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In offices and most other working environments a high speech privacy and a
    low noise level is desired to allow for concentrated work and calm work conditions.
    Hence a low Speech Transmission Index (STI) is required, as even irrelevant speech
    information at lower volumes can be extremly disturbing and performance reducing.
    At the same time working environments demand for other - often conflicting - requirements
    such as transparency to ensure visual connections and daylight transmission, functional
    flexibility for diverse activities in the same space and for hygienic, environmental
    or security aspects. These requirements have to be balanced by a sensible and
    intelligent design and layout of absorbers and partition elements and partition.
    Three research projects investigated an optimised design of low and mid frequency
    absorbers for working environments to improve the acoustic and design quality
    of different products. Acoustically optimised indoor spaces may become more important
    in the future due to an increase of hearing impairments in the aging population
    as well as in the younger generations. This is seen not only as a technical but
    as a design challenge to balance optimised sound pressure levels, reverberation
    times and Speech Transmission Indices. © 2016, German Acoustical Society (DEGA).
    All rights reserved.
author:
- first_name: Chirstoph
  full_name: Kirch, Chirstoph
  last_name: Kirch
- first_name: Uta
  full_name: Pottgiesser, Uta
  id: '27166'
  last_name: Pottgiesser
  orcid: 0000-0002-8594-3168
citation:
  ama: 'Kirch C, Pottgiesser U. Low and mid frequency design - Implementation of room
    acoustics in different building types and for different kinds of use. In: Kropp
    W, ed. <i>Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016</i>. Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft
    für Akustik e.V.; 2016.'
  apa: 'Kirch, C., &#38; Pottgiesser, U. (2016). Low and mid frequency design - Implementation
    of room acoustics in different building types and for different kinds of use.
    In W. Kropp (Ed.), <i>Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016</i>. Berlin: Deutsche
    Gesellschaft für Akustik e.V.'
  bjps: '<b>Kirch C and Pottgiesser U</b> (2016) Low and Mid Frequency Design - Implementation
    of Room Acoustics in Different Building Types and for Different Kinds of Use.
    In Kropp W (ed.), <i>Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016</i>. Berlin: Deutsche
    Gesellschaft für Akustik e.V.'
  chicago: 'Kirch, Chirstoph, and Uta Pottgiesser. “Low and Mid Frequency Design -
    Implementation of Room Acoustics in Different Building Types and for Different
    Kinds of Use.” In <i>Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016</i>, edited by W. Kropp.
    Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik e.V., 2016.'
  chicago-de: 'Kirch, Chirstoph und Uta Pottgiesser. 2016. Low and mid frequency design
    - Implementation of room acoustics in different building types and for different
    kinds of use. In: <i>Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016</i>, hg. von W. Kropp.
    Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik e.V.'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Kirch, Chirstoph</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Pottgiesser, Uta</span>: Low and mid frequency
    design - Implementation of room acoustics in different building types and for
    different kinds of use. In: <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Kropp, W.</span>
    (Hrsg.): <i>Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016</i>. Berlin : Deutsche Gesellschaft
    für Akustik e.V., 2016'
  havard: 'C. Kirch, U. Pottgiesser, Low and mid frequency design - Implementation
    of room acoustics in different building types and for different kinds of use,
    in: W. Kropp (Ed.), Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016, Deutsche Gesellschaft
    für Akustik e.V., Berlin, 2016.'
  ieee: C. Kirch and U. Pottgiesser, “Low and mid frequency design - Implementation
    of room acoustics in different building types and for different kinds of use,”
    in <i>Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016</i>, Hamburg, 2016.
  mla: Kirch, Chirstoph, and Uta Pottgiesser. “Low and Mid Frequency Design - Implementation
    of Room Acoustics in Different Building Types and for Different Kinds of Use.”
    <i>Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016</i>, edited by W. Kropp, Deutsche Gesellschaft
    für Akustik e.V., 2016.
  short: 'C. Kirch, U. Pottgiesser, in: W. Kropp (Ed.), Proceedings of the Inter-Noise
    2016, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik e.V., Berlin, 2016.'
  ufg: '<b>Kirch, Chirstoph/Pottgiesser, Uta (2016)</b>: Low and mid frequency design
    - Implementation of room acoustics in different building types and for different
    kinds of use, in: W. Kropp (Hg.): <i>Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016</i>,
    Berlin.'
  van: 'Kirch C, Pottgiesser U. Low and mid frequency design - Implementation of room
    acoustics in different building types and for different kinds of use. In: Kropp
    W, editor. Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016. Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft
    für Akustik e.V.; 2016.'
conference:
  end_date: 2016-08-24
  location: Hamburg
  name: '45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering:
    Towards a Quieter Future'
  start_date: 2016-08-21
date_created: 2021-03-03T14:23:05Z
date_updated: 2023-03-15T13:50:02Z
department:
- _id: DEP1020
- _id: DEP1301
- _id: DEP1055
editor:
- first_name: W.
  full_name: Kropp, W.
  last_name: Kropp
keyword:
- Additional requirements
- Building types
- Room acoustics
language:
- iso: eng
place: Berlin
publication: Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2016
publication_status: published
publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik e.V.
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Low and mid frequency design - Implementation of room acoustics in different
  building types and for different kinds of use
type: conference
user_id: '45673'
year: 2016
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