Articles tagged “open office”
3 articles covering open office in acoustic engineering and building design.
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GUIDES15 min read
Speech Privacy in Open Offices Is Physically Impossible Without Sound Masking
Acoustic panels and high partitions cannot achieve Normal speech privacy in an open office without sound masking. Here's the physics proof with ASTM E1130 calculations and real numbers.
March 18, 2026
speech privacyopen office
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TUTORIALS12 min read
What Is Sound Masking? — How Adding Noise Creates Privacy
Sound masking adds engineered background noise to make speech unintelligible at a distance, creating acoustic privacy without physical barriers. Learn how it works, where it is used, and how to specify it correctly.
March 18, 2026
sound maskingwhite noise
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GUIDES19 min read
Open Office Speech Privacy — Why You Can Hear Everything and How to Fix It
Your open office has an Articulation Index of 0.45 — that is Poor privacy. Here is the calculation per ASTM E1130 and the 3 changes that fix it.
March 15, 2026
speech privacyopen office