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How Building Partitions and Floors Attenuate Sound, 2025
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- Slide 2: How Building Partitions and Floors Attenuate Sound
- Slide 3
- Slide 4: How to Use This Online Learning Course
- Slide 5: Purpose and Learning Objectives
- Slide 6: Contents
- Slide 7: Introduction to Sound
- Slide 8: Noise Basics
- Slide 9: Decibel
- Slide 10: Loudness
- Slide 11: Loudness
- Slide 12: Decibel Levels of Relative Sounds
- Slide 13: Decibel
- Slide 14: Sound Waves
- Slide 15: Frequency
- Slide 16: Frequency Scale: Measure of Sound Waves
- Slide 17: Types of Sounds
- Slide 18: Types of Sounds
- Slide 19: Sound Classifications
- Slide 20: Sound Classifications
- Slide 21: STC
- Slide 22: STC
- Slide 23: STC Test Method
- Slide 24: STC Test Method
- Slide 25: Calculating STC
- Slide 26: Typical STC Chart
- Slide 27: STC
- Slide 28: Outside–Inside Transmission Class (OITC)
- Slide 29: Impact Insulation Class (IIC)
- Slide 30: Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC)
- Slide 31: Review Question
- Slide 32: Answer
- Slide 33: Sound Reduction
- Slide 34: Sound Reduction
- Slide 35: Resolving Sound Issues
- Slide 36: Isolation
- Slide 37: Mass
- Slide 38: MLV
- Slide 39: MLV
- Slide 40: Sound-Deadening Fiberboard
- Slide 41: Absorption
- Slide 42: Sound Damping
- Slide 43: Performance of Common Assemblies
- Slide 44: Sound Transmission Loss
- Slide 45: Wood Studs vs. Metal Studs
- Slide 46: Common Wall Assemblies: Wood Stud
- Slide 47: Wood Stud
- Slide 48: Common Wall Assemblies: Steel Stud
- Slide 49: Steel Stud
- Slide 50: Floor and Ceiling Assemblies
- Slide 51: Best Practices for Sound Control
- Slide 52: The Effect of Noise on Various Building Sectors
- Slide 53: Noise in Buildings
- Slide 54: Noise in Buildings: Impact Noise
- Slide 55: Building Design
- Slide 56: Noise in the Education System
- Slide 57: Noise in Multifamily Dwellings
- Slide 58: Noise in the Hospitality Industry
- Slide 59: Noise in the Workplace
- Slide 60: Noise in Healing
- Slide 61: World Health Organization
- Slide 62: LEED® and Facility Guidelines Institute
- Slide 63: Review Question
- Slide 64: Answer
- Slide 65: Review Question
- Slide 66: Answer
- Slide 67: Case Studies
- Slide 68: Case Study: The Harper, Washington, DC
- Slide 69: Case Study: The Brownstone, Blacksburg, VA
- Slide 70: Case Study: Sigma Nu Fraternity, NC State University, Raleigh, NC Gontram Architecture
- Slide 71: Case Study: The Drake, Washington, DC
- Slide 72: Case Study: Shortbread Lofts, Chapel Hill, NC, MHAworks Architects
- Slide 73: Case Study: Cape Haze Resort, Cape Haze, FL
- Slide 74: Case Study: Private Residence, Wilmington, NC
- Slide 75: Case Study: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s Whisky River, Charlotte Motor Speedway
- Slide 76: Resources
- Slide 77: Resources
- Slide 78: Resources
- Slide 79: Thank You [Go to Page]