Sound masking

Features/Comfort/Feature 79

72 Accessible design
73 Ergonomics: visual and physical
74 Exterior noise intrusion
75 Internally generated noise
76 Thermal comfort
77 Olfactory comfort
78 Reverberation time
79 Sound masking
80 Sound reducing surfaces
81 Sound barriers
82 Individual thermal control
83 Radiant thermal comfort
P4 Impact reducing flooring

Sound masking

Intent:

To reduce acoustic disruptions and increase speech privacy by implementing sound masking into the building design.

79: Sound masking

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Post Date: 04 Dec, 2017
Status: Approved

AS/NZS 2107:2016 has been accepted as an alternative to the sound masking level requirements in Feature 79 Part 2. Note that Private Office and Open Workspace sound masking levels must fall within the background noise criteria ranges in Table 1 of AS/NZS 2107:2016. This equivalency applies only to projects in Australia and New Zealand.