Let your ceiling boost employee productivity and well-being

A poor acoustic working environment does not only have a major impact on productivity, it also affects the comfort and well-being among office workers.

Studies shows that noise exposure is significantly correlated to sickness absence: the more complex the task the more significant the correlation becomes.^₁ In the contrary, studies also show that a good acoustic environment can reduce the staffs adrenaline levels by 30 %.²

A good acoustic environment can reduce the staffs adrenaline levels by 30 % .

Less disurbance with high AC value

To create an acoustic environment that supports people’s productivity and well-being, the sound need to be prevented from spreading in the office. To do so a ceiling with absorption class A is needed. In most cases the ceiling also need to be supplemented with sound-absorbing wall absorbers and free-hanging units.

Since speech is the most common sound in offices it is very important that the sound absorbers perform well at frequencies where speech is predominant. To ensure this, your class A ceiling should have a high AC value, in open-plan offices minimum 180. The higher the AC value, or Articulation Class, of a ceiling the more efficient it will reduce sound propagation.

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^{1. Fried et al “The joint effects of noise, job complexity and gender on employee sickness absence”, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 2002, 75, 131–144.
2. Evans, Johnson, Cornell university, “Stress and open office noise”, Journal of Applied Psychology, 2000, vol. 85, no. 5, 779–783}