Acoustic comfort in university study rooms is crucial for the concentration and performance of students who have to spend many hours there every day.
The daily hustle and bustle and the simple gathering of several people can create an uncomfortable and unsuitable environment for studying.
This case study features an acoustic correction project of a study room of approximately 237 m³.
An analysis assesses sound absorption levels and reverberation times (RT) with the room unoccupied. This makes it possible to determine the type of solution to adopt and in what quantity. As shown by the simulation data below, the reverberation time measured before treatment was 1.90 s at an average of 250-2000 Hz. By installing 26 sound-absorbing Scriba desk panels of size 180x50x5 cm, it was possible to decrease the average RT to 0.78 s with a sound level reduction of 3.87 dB.
Results show that sound-absorbing panels are able to improve the acoustics of the study room, both in terms of sound absorption and sound diffusion. In the version with base, Scriba desk panels also provide a good degree of flexibility and manageability, which are indispensable in a university environment.