Acoustics

Acoustics have a major impact on a person’s well-being and the interaction between person, room and activity is decisive for room acoustic comfort.

Designing for sound insulation, it is important to consider sound transmission through walls, floors, windows or heating and ventilation ducts. With advanced acoustic systems available, our businesses are helping to make schools, offices and hospitals, as well as residential buildings, quieter places to be.

For example, Saint-Gobain Ecophon and British Gypsum are leading suppliers of sound absorbing ceilings and wall absorber systems, they provide an innovative approach to acoustic requirements for all types of internal environments.

Isover’s glass mineral wool is the perfect material for reducing the noise transmitted both through the structure of a building and also via concealed cavities. For this reason glass mineral wool is generically referenced throughout national Building Regulations and Robust Details.

Plasterboard solutions are also available, including Soundbloc, Gypsum plasterboard with a higher density core.  Designed for use in British Gypsum wall and partition systems where greater levels of sound insulation is required.