Typical sound absorption goals:

Treatment rooms require as much sound absorption as possible, as more noise reduced spaces promotes faster recovery.

Specification recommendations:

Treatment rooms are typically benefitted from a Kvadrat Acoustics solution incorporating Soft Cells panels with as much absorption as possible on both ceiling and walls. 

• Ensure low reverberation and high intelligibility.
• Consider additional hygiene standards. For hygiene and safety reasons, acoustic solutions are usually placed on ceilings.

Typical sound absorption goals:

A doctor's surgery require as much sound absorption as possible, to promote privacy.

Specification recommendations:

A doctor's surgery is typically benefitted from a Kvadrat Acoustics solution that ensures well insulation to ensure that patient conversations are private.

• Ensure low reverberation and high intelligibility.
• Consider additional hygiene standards. 

Typical sound absorption goals:

Care homes typically require high sound absorption, to deal with for example hypersensitivity and impaired hearing.

Specification recommendations:

Care homes are typically benefitted from a Kvadrat Acoustics solution incorporating as much absorption as possible on both ceiling and walls.

• Impaired hearing is particularly stressful and confusing when reverberation is high.
• Ensure low reverberation and high intelligibility. 

Typical sound absorption goals:

Hotels require acoustic treatment that creates comfort and privacy, both in private rooms and in public spaces. Hotels have a lot of different areas, requiring different types of acoustic treatment. 

Specification recommendations:

Hotels have a lot of different types of spaces that would be benefitted from different types of Kvadrat Acoustics solutions, but with focus on sound isolation with some level of absorption.

• Corridor/stairways will benefit from carpets and some level of absorption on either wall or ceilings to minimize travel of sound of footsteps and speech.  

• Canteen/restaurant/lobby is benefitted from a lot of absorption to provide good intelligibility, comfort and privacy around the table. Good acoustic treatment can make the room suitable for occasional concerts or events. Absorption should be mainly in ceilings but can also be placed on walls locally. Acoustics of the space is also influenced by amount and type of furnishing.

• Spa/gym/swimming pool should be treated with considerable amounts of absorption on either walls or ceilings in reducing noise and creating comfort, warmth, intelligibility and privacy. 

• Private rooms are benefitted by smaller amounts of absorption used in decorative ways in smaller rooms, and a bit more of absorption in bigger rooms, especially more spacy rooms with higher ceilings and/or open apartments.

• Reception area are benefitted by some absorption to reduce reverberation time and to provide short range intelligibility and comfort.

• Conference rooms are benefitted by a significant amount of absorption on big part of ceilings and some parts of walls in achieving optimal intelligibility, quality of meetings and better performance of audio system.