Building acoustics measurements: an innovative solution with automatic recognition and optimized workflow
Regular paper
ACOEM
Monday 1 june, 2015, 15:40 - 16:00
Auditorium 2 (592)
Abstract:
Building acoustics measurements in the field is governed by various sets of
measurements and calculation standards for assessing the acoustic performance
of buildings. Additional equipment to a sound level meter required to perform
measurements (sound sources, tapping machine) usually need additional people
to handle them and a remote control mechanism in the sound level meter for
triggering the source. Furthermore, the equipment must be moved around the
building repeatedly to carry out a measurement campaign. A rigorous field
approach and an easy workflow are thus essential in order to conduct a
measurement campaign easily and efficiently.
The solution has been designed so that each step eliminates superfluous
actions, avoids errors and optimizes work through smart organization of
measurements and data storage, automatic identification of each measurement
type and on-the-fly calculation of standardized indicators according to
various standards, including the new ISO 16283 series, replacing the ISO 140
series.
The purpose of the paper is to present an optimized workflow, with the
principle of recognition of the different types of building acoustics
measurements as keystone (source room, receiving room, impact noise,
background noise, reverberation time measurements). A description of the
principle together with the different hypothesis and detection methods used
will be outlined.