Responsible Acoustic Design

The Quiet Mark Certification RIBA-Approved CPD  for architects and specifiers.

This article originally appeared in Architecture Magazine Apr/May 2024 issue | header image (above): BASWA acoustic, 80 Fenchurch Street Offices.

Cover above: BASWA phon acoustic ceilings at the International Rugby Experience in Limerick, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects.

Recognising the knowledge gap that exists when it comes to the complexities of acoustic design in building project planning, Quiet Mark’s RIBA Approved CPD further equips and empowers architects, specifiers and designers with easily accessible information on certified acoustic solutions verified for every building application area.

Since last December the independent global certification programme, associated with the UK Noise Abatement Society charitable foundation has hosted over 500 leading architecture practices enrolling to the Quiet Mark RIBA CPD seminar, highlighting the vital importance of sound design in good architecture and empowering projects with best practice specification.
 

Above: 80 Fenchurch Street Offices London BASWA Phon Classic Fine |(c) Hufton+Crow

Quiet Mark RIBA CPD seminar dates include power-hours followed by Q&A sessions with our experts on how the right sound design transforms every project. Covering every application and sector, the seminar underpins the key principles of acoustic design and how acoustics can help meet a client’s brief, as well as support sustainability, wellbeing, productivity and inclusivity.

Above: Quiet Mark Certified Enfield Speciality Doors | Colyer Fergusson Building, Kent University

Secure your place on the Quiet Mark RIBA CPD academy booking site provided by the NBS CPD showcase network reaching over 45,000 specifiers.

Designers can significantly reduce unwanted noise to improve the health of occupants by sourcing best practice acoustic solutions. However, as sound is invisible, it is often overlooked, leading to significant design issues including improperly insulated spaces, or the dominance of hard interior surfaces that cause reverberation – all of which contribute to poor acoustic comfort and adverse effects on long-term health and wellbeing.

Above: Quiet Mark Certified Miele DA 6698 W Puristic Edition 6000 Chimney Cooker Hood

The free to use Quiet Mark Certified products online sourcing directory supports specifier searches everyday including market wide verified acoustic surface or ceiling products, heat pumps & ventilation, acoustic furniture, washroom solutions like hand dryers, workplace solutions, sound masking, acoustic zoning and hundreds more assessed products for the building sector updated monthly.

Above: Quiet Mark Certified Internorm KS 430 uPVC-Aluminium Lift & Slide Door

To empower architects to specify ‘acoustics first’ and elevate the aural design of buildings, Quiet Mark and NBS – a leading construction data and specification platform, have joined in partnership to provide a short-cut for specifiers to source Quiet Mark certified products. The partnership enables 3,600+ practices that use NBS to create 13.6M specifications per month to easily find Quiet Mark certified products and materials.

Above: Quiet Mark Certified Daikin Altherma 3 H HT Heat Pump

If we all uphold best practice sound design before specification, we will beat noise pollution for inhabitants for years to come. Quiet Mark serves, supports and extends the public health remit of the UK’s Noise Abatement Society charitable foundation (est. 1959).

Above: Quiet Mark Certified Dyson Airblade 9kJ Hand Dryer

This article is adapted from the Architecture Magazine Apr/May 2024 issue.

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