Key Insights
Acoustic ceilings are becoming increasingly popular in the construction industry and a fundamental tool of noise mitigation for modern architectural design. In this article, we’ll highlight the top 5 reasons why acoustic baffles should be included in commercial fit-out projects.
Top 5 reasons to install acoustic baffles in your next commercial interior design project.
Acoustic baffles
Acoustic ceilings are becoming increasingly popular in the construction industry and a fundamental tool of noise mitigation for modern architectural design.
Sound control is crucial to various types of spaces such as office buildings and open-plan workspaces where the excess noise can lead to lower productivity and increased stress-related issues. Designed to absorb sound waves, reducing the amount of reverberation and echo in a room, acoustic baffle ceiling systems have many benefits, including the following:
Top 5 reasons to install acoustic baffles
Improved Speech Intelligibility
- One of the primary reasons for installing acoustic ceiling baffles is to improve speech intelligibility in a room. When sound waves bounce off walls and other hard surfaces, they can create echoes and reverberations that make it difficult to understand speech. Sound baffles absorb these sound waves, reducing the amount of echo and improving speech clarity.
Reduced Noise
- Sound baffle ceilings are also effective at reducing noise levels in a room. In the absence of sound-absorbing surfaces, a room will become noisy and reverberant, baffle ceiling systems can help to absorb sound waves from outside sources such as traffic or neighbouring buildings. This can make a significant difference in creating a more peaceful and quiet environment, especially in noisy work environments.
Enhanced Aesthetics
- Adding visual interest to a space while also improving its acoustics, metal acoustic baffles are available in a wide range of colours, shapes, and sizes that fit any design brief. SAS range of acoustic ceiling systems have a range of tile options including clip-in, lay-in and hook-on perforated panels and can be customised to meet specific project requirements.
Increased Comfort
- Bringing in light, sculpting the soundscape and enhancing air quality; ceilings can elevate people’s experience and first impression of a room or commercial area. By reducing the amount of echo and noise, acoustic baffle ceilings can shape people’s experience of a space and contribute to creating a more comfortable environment for employees in offices. SAS range of acoustic ceiling systems is the ideal choice to help create a more relaxing and inviting atmosphere designed for collaboration as well as for the need for privacy.
Improved Safety
- In some settings, such as industrial facilities or manufacturing plants, excessive noise levels can be a safety hazard. Acoustic ceiling systems can help address industrial noise problems created by heavy plants and machinery and poor acoustics.
- Suspended acoustical ceilings are also important in controlling the growth of a fire by providing a surface that doesn’t add to the spread of fire within the room. SAS International metal ceilings are fully compliant to AS ISO 9705 with the additional benefit of being able to provide acoustic options to meet your design and functional requirements.
Browse our range of Acoustic Ceilings from SAS International, the market leader in acoustic ceiling design and manufacture.
Progressive Materials supply the entire range of SAS International metal ceilings and can provide our clients with expertise and support to meet their building requirements.