Articles

In-depth guides and practical articles on designer wallcoverings.

• Sabins and NRC: how a commercial wall's sound absorption is measured Every acoustic wallcovering rating traces back to one number invented in a Harvard lecture hall. How absorption is measured, from the sabin to the NRC on a submittal.
• Absorb or block: why NRC and STC are two different jobs on a commercial wall NRC and STC get confused on almost every project, and they solve opposite problems. What each measures, the standards behind them, and where a wall needs which.
• Where acoustic wall treatment earns its place, from open offices to classrooms The Lombard effect, speech intelligibility, and a real design standard for schools explain where absorptive wall surfaces pay off — and where they are the wrong spend.