Applications
Room by room.
Acoustic problems are local. A panel that fixes a meeting room will do little in an atrium, and a desk screen will not save a reverberant canteen. These are the four settings we specify most often — and the systems that work in each.
01 · Workplace
Open plan, without the noise.
Most complaints in open offices are not about volume; they are about intelligibility. Being able to hear half a conversation is more distracting than a steady hum. The fix is absorption close to the talker, not a wall around the room.
- Desk screens at 400–600 mm above the worktop to break direct speech paths
- Suspended baffles over circulation and collaboration zones
- Panels on meeting-room walls to bring reverberation under control
Systems: Desk screens · Baffles
02 · Education
Rooms children can hear in.
Speech intelligibility falls away quickly in a classroom with a hard ceiling and a full cohort. The target is a short reverberation time at the back of the room — usually achieved with a mix of ceiling absorption and wall panels out of reach.
- Ceiling clouds or baffles to cut vertical reflections
- Wall panels in corridors and dining halls, above 1.2 m
- Pinboard and display surfaces that double as absorbers
- Tackable panels for teaching walls
Systems: Wall panels · Whiteboards
03 · Hospitality
Livelier rooms, calmer tables.
A restaurant should sound busy, not loud. Absorption lets the room keep its energy while guests stop raising their voices to be heard — the difference between a good evening and a headache.
- Printed panels that read as wallpaper or joinery, not acoustic product
- Ceiling baffles in double-height dining rooms
- Screens and booths for private dining and reception
- Fabric-wrapped panels for a softer, upholstered feel
Systems: Printed panels · Baffles
04 · Public & healthcare
Ceilings that take the strain.
In waiting areas, libraries and wards, noise is a clinical and behavioural issue. Ceiling absorption reduces the distance a voice carries, which lowers the whole room's volume without closing it in.
- Large-area ceiling baffles for halls and waiting areas
- Wall panels in corridors to cut the "tunnel" effect
- Hygienic, wipeable surfaces where cleaning regimes require it
- EN 13501-1 Class B fire classification
Systems: Ceiling baffles · Wall panels
Symptom matrix
Start from the problem, not the product.
Describe what the room does wrong and we will point to the system and the performance target.
| Symptom | Typical cause | System | Design target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reverberation in a meeting room | Hard walls, glass, thin carpet | Wall panels + ceiling cloud | 0.6–0.8 s RT60 target |
| Speech noise across open desks | Direct line of sight, no absorption | Desk screens + baffles | NRC 0.85 at head height |
| Echo in a double-height atrium | Ceiling too high to treat | Suspended baffles / clouds | Absorption in the occupied zone |
| Noisy canteen or break area | Reflective surfaces, many talkers | Wall panels + printed panels | Reduced Lombard effect |
| Privacy in clinics and HR | Sound leakage through partitions | Freestanding screens | Speech privacy, not soundproofing |
Targets are indicative and must be confirmed by an acoustic consultant for the specific room volume and use.
Project support
Send us the plan and the problem.
We will suggest a system, estimate quantities and send samples. For projects with a consultant, we supply the test data and fixing details they need.