“SUSTAINABLE DESIGN IS A ROAD THAT HAS LARGELY BEEN PAVED BY THE UNITED STATES GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL’S (USGBC’S) LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (LEED) RATING SYSTEMS. HOWEVER, THE LACK OF ATTENTION HISTORICALLY PAID TO ACOUSTICS HAS BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF SUSTAINABLE SPACES.
Research on acoustics and green buildings supports this point. In fact, post-occupancy evaluations conducted by the Center for the Built Environment (CBE) at the University of California, Berkeley, reveal green building acoustics are typically worse than their traditional counterparts…”
The ABCs of Green Acoustics
The Construction Specifier
By: Niklas Moeller, MBA
March 2012
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