Acoustical Standards Used in Design of School Spaces

• Authors: D. Wróblewska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Design guidelines for interior acoustics in learning spaces included in European and American technical standards and other documents are presented. The current Polish regulations referring to interior acoustics are described. The proposal of a set of acoustical guidelines for improving acoustical comfort in school spaces is given.

Keywords

EN

43.55.-n; 43.55.+p

Discipline

• 43.55.+p: Architectural acoustics

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 118
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 186-189

Dates

published

2010-07

Contributors

author

D. Wróblewska

• Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-223 Gdańsk, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.118.186