Conference_programme: 18.4 - Office noise : psychological effects and room acoustic design
Lecture: Development and application of questionnaires to assess acoustic environment in open plan offices
Author(s): Leite Debora , Motta Rodrigo, Monteiro Carolina, Borin Marcel
Summary:
Aiming to improve communication and facilitate the team work, the open plan offices have become the most common type of workspace organisation nowadays.\nHowever, several studies demonstrated that the acoustic environment is considerably less satisfactory in these offices than in private offices, leading to issues such as productivity decrease.\nFurthermore, the noise levels measured in these places rarely exceed the comfort standard limits. Therefore, surveys have been made with questionnaires as a tool\nto assess the acoustic environment of these offices, aiming to correlate the subjective perception with the objective measurements, and consequently, characterize the ISE (Irrelevant Speech Effect). This paper intends to develop and clarify the questionnaires used in the research, taking into consideration cultural aspects, in order to bring results to the Brazilian reality. \n
Corresponding author
Name: Ms Debora Leite de Camargo
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Country: Brazil
