Acoustic Foam is a material that has an open cell structure which enables it to absorb sound energy and thus stop rooms from becoming noisy or suffering from echo problems
Acoustic problems are often not the result of poor architectural design, but rather they occur as a result of the different functionality that is required in order for the room to meet its intended purpose.
In general a room with lots of soft furnishing does not suffer from acoustic problems due to the fact it has many surfaces that can absorb unwanted sound energy. Conversely, rooms with lots of hard surfaces bounce the sound energy around the room which results in long reverberation times which creates echo problems and these rooms also suffer from too much noise when they get busy.
Based on the above statement one would think that every room should have soft furnishes so that acoustic problems do not occur. The facts are that rooms with lots of traffic such as restaurants, school classrooms, offices, call centres need to be kept clean and also have a certain look required by the custom. As such many rooms must be constructed from hard surfaces or furnishings in order to be functional.
Keeping these competing interests in mind, all that is required to have the best of both worlds, that is, a great looking room that is easy to clean due to the hard surfaces is the addition of acoustic foam that will offset the build up of sound energy in these rooms.
The most important thing to remember is that rooms that suffer for excessive noise problems or echoes can be fixed by simply installing acoustic ceiling panels or acoustic wall panels in the room.
In general a room with lots of soft furnishing does not suffer from acoustic problems due to the fact it has many surfaces that can absorb unwanted sound energy. Conversely, rooms with lots of hard surfaces bounce the sound energy around the room which results in long reverberation times which creates echo problems and these rooms also suffer from too much noise when they get busy.
Based on the above statement one would think that every room should have soft furnishes so that acoustic problems do not occur. The facts are that rooms with lots of traffic such as restaurants, school classrooms, offices, call centres need to be kept clean and also have a certain look required by the custom. As such many rooms must be constructed from hard surfaces or furnishings in order to be functional.
Keeping these competing interests in mind, all that is required to have the best of both worlds, that is, a great looking room that is easy to clean due to the hard surfaces is the addition of acoustic foam that will offset the build up of sound energy in these rooms.
The most important thing to remember is that rooms that suffer for excessive noise problems or echoes can be fixed by simply installing acoustic ceiling panels or acoustic wall panels in the room.