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Acoustic lights
Enhanced well-being through better room acousticsIn everyday office life, noise from printers, telephone calls or keyboards is unavoidable. However, in order to maintain productivity and protect the health of employees against noise stress (employee performance can drop by up to 10%), modern companies rely on soundproofing measures. One of the most efficient, which combines the need for artificial office lighting with sound absorption, are acoustic luminaires.
Forms of noise
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Affect the hearing directly, e.g. blast trauma. These hardly ever occur in everyday office life, but they are an important issue in occupational safety, e.g. during construction work.
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Are a stress reaction to an excessively high noise level, which manifests itself in reduced performance, for example, but also affects health. These occur most frequently in everyday office life.
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Insufficient sound suppression ensures that personal conversations can also be heard. There is a lack of acoustic privacy and you feel constantly "overheard".
Infobox legal requirements
No statutory noise limits apply to the office. However, DIN EN ISO 11690-1 recommends maximum values, which we take into account in our advice as well as other recommendations from state institutions and employers' liability insurance associations.
- Sound pressure levels of > 55 dB are already perceived as disturbing
- Speech quality suffers at > 70 dB
- In offices, the background noise level should not exceed 30-45 dB
- In industrial workplaces, 65-70 dB background noise levels can hardly be avoided
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The greatest noise nuisance in the office is to be expected from electronic devices and the workers themselves. With a good office concept and high-quality acoustic lamps, we ensure better room acoustics and therefore a higher level of employee satisfaction.
Locations for acoustic lamps
There are several ways to reduce noise in the office (see below for further measures). Acoustic time-outs are also a good idea in public spaces, e.g. in restaurants. Acoustic luminaires are a practical and aesthetically pleasing solution. They combine lighting and sound absorption by having a body made of sound-absorbing material, e.g. cotton felt.
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Further noise reduction measures
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Acoustic ceilings can be used alongside acoustic lamps to achieve a significant effect.
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As walls are very hard, they reflect sound. Pictures, calendars or posters can counteract this.
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In contrast to parquet, carpets absorb impact sound. Houseplants also absorb sound.
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Bookshelves, filing cabinets and, of course, a meeting sofa have a positive influence on the room acoustics.
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Sound-absorbing slats or curtains prevent noise from bouncing off the windows and being reflected back into the room.
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If possible, the copier and printer should be placed in a separate room. Most people find this source of noise annoying.