Glass acoustic module - Silent module - Sound screen - Acoustic module
The silentUNIT glass acoustic system is an acoustic room partitioning system. The quiet modules are ideal for the sustainable acoustic refurbishment of open-plan offices. The sound screens optimize the reverberation time and reduce the direct propagation of sound, so that disruptive speech information is reliably reduced. As a room partitioning system, the quiet module structures the space without restricting transparency and the open office culture. At the same time, the glass acoustic system is an effective acoustic solution. silentUNIT is a construction of frameless glass surfaces and high-performance absorbers. The glass surfaces made of laminated safety glass (LSG) or toughened safety glass (ESG) provide good sound insulation. The integrated high-performance absorbers absorb the sound. With the combination of sound shielding and absorption, the quiet module optimizes the acoustics in the office.
Acoustic solution and transparency
- Transparency in open space
- Quiet in the open space
- Good sound insulation
- Good acoustics, short reverberation time
- Containment of direct sound propagation
- RAL absorber, fabric or veneer
- Electrification possible
- Adjustable acoustics
- Glass design as required
- Non-combustible design as an option
- Light integration as an option
- Room system as an alternative to the ceiling canopy
Sound screens reduce the direct propagation of sound and optimize the reverberation time
The acoustic solution supplements all-glass walls in acoustically sensible positions with absorber solutions. These broadband absorbers or high-performance absorbers comply with acoustic classification A in accordance with DIN EN 11654. The absorbers are therefore considered to be highly sound-absorbent and significantly reduce the reverberation time. By using silentUNIT as an acoustic solution, office planning achieves a considerable reduction in sound propagation at relevant points and improves the room acoustics through customized solutions. The sound from technical areas, meeting points and work cafés can be effectively shielded acoustically with the quiet modules. The soundproofing of different teams enables spatially efficient and dense office planning without these teams disturbing each other. The open-plan office is kept together visually. The visual relationships between colleagues are deliberately strengthened. The character of a modern, open, transparent and communicative office space is retained. The glass acoustics as a room system sustainably improves the room acoustics.
Glass Acoustics reduces the sound level and enables efficient occupancy with optimum acoustics in the office
silentUNIT acoustically and creatively supports your efforts to occupy office space more densely, to design the function of the office space efficiently and thus to optimize costs. The silentUNIT glass acoustic system excludes disruptive sound sources without having to install partition walls in the conventional sense and without creating closed rooms. As a rule, the acoustic sound screen is positioned across the façade, between the work groups and separates them acoustically. Within the team, the acoustic module reduces the reverberation time and therefore the volume.
As a room system, silentUNIT organizes the office space and your teams. The highly sound-absorbing A-Class absorbers optimize the acoustics in the office sustainably through sound screens. The system is usually installed ceiling-high, thus guaranteeing maximum effectiveness. If a ceiling connection is not possible, the 3/4-height truss system offers solutions. Last but not least, the acoustic sound screen is easy to electrify and enables workstations to be supplied with power and data.
Consideration of alternative acoustic solutions for office planning - concept comparison
For some office planners, the question arises on closer inspection: why not simply install conventional partition walls and create group offices? This would emphasize the effect of sound shielding and sound insulation even more. The answer is simple. Yes, the sound insulation from office to office would be better. However, the acoustics in the group rooms would be significantly worse. Even the acoustic ceiling as a ceiling absorber could not change this. The intelligibility of syllables in a small room can hardly be reduced and will always be a nuisance.
This syllable intelligibility is completely different in the "noise swamp" of a large office space. The spoken word does not carry that far. So why not simply install ceiling sails or other ceiling absorbers and absorb the sound? Here, too, the answer is obvious. The sound sources are then not sufficiently contained. Ceiling absorbers alone cannot create optimum acoustic conditions.
Office planners are therefore well advised to rely on acoustically activated room partitioning and to adapt this sensibly to the requirements of the space. Ceiling absorbers can certainly play a complementary role here.