Image (above): Miele WER 865 WPS PWash & TDos 9kg Washing Machine
Read the original article in the June 2022 issue of Living Etc Magazine here.
Following the sunny Easter weekend in the UK, the papers were filled with ‘Best Fan’ Polls and reviews.
GLAMOUR UK says, “How noisy is it? Generally speaking, if your kettle has a "Quiet Mark" label, it won't bring the house down." We’ll raise a tea cup to that!!
The acoustic comfort of our homes is integrally linked to our sense of wellbeing within them. It is therefore as important to focus as much on the aural design of a space as the visual; curating a selection of quiet appliances and acoustic improving building products and materials, to orchestrate your perfect domestic soundscape.
In January this year, Quiet Mark, the international consumer and trade champion certification program associated with the UK Noise Abatement Society charity, surveyed 1,000 American adults for its National Noise Report. It found that more than 3 in 4, (77%) of Americans have changed how they view noise in their environment since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and a third, 33%, reported that they were more aware of the noise in their lives.
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