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Soundscape Engineering's latest news,tips, and trends in the acoustic engineering and consulting trade.
by Mandy Kachur
Erin Dugan and Mandy Kachur organized and led a special conference session at the Institute of Noise Control Engineering’s 2017 national conference, Noise-Con, which took place in Grand Rapids, Michigan in June. This unique session enabled vendors to present information about their products to a technically focused audience with the responsibility of specifying products or purchasing instrumentation. The session was well received and a similar session is planned for the 2018 international noise control conference, Inter-Noise, in Chicago. More information about the conferences can be found here.
by Mandy Kachur
NYT Article - Dear Architects: Sound Matters The character and feel of a space has more to do with just how it looks. How it sounds either enhances or diminishes an occupant’s experience. Michael Kimmelman in the New York Times on December 29, 2015, published an interactive article, Dear Architects: Sound Matters, that demonstrates this for various spaces and is worth a read and listen. Read it here
This quote from the article hits home for me:
Nathan Sevener, Soundscape Engineering LLC partner and Principal Acoustical Consultant, presented at Noise-con 2013 in Denver. His presentation, entitled “Acoustical design of the perception based engineering laboratory at Ray W. Herrick Laboratories Center for High Performance Buildings,” described...