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(May 10, 2010) Melville, NY -- When planning or renovating schools' permanent and relocatable buildings, architects and designers can now refer to two
new standards that provide important information for creating a healthy acoustic environment.
The Acoustical Society of America, headquartered in Melville, NY, announced the publication of a newly revised, two-part standard
that addresses classroom acoustics. These documents are also a valuable resource for school boards, school facilities personnel
and parents who need to understand the importance of minimizing distracting noise in the classroom and creating an acoustical
environment that is conducive to learning.
These standards represent the consensus of opinion among those with a direct expertise and interest in the subject matter.
They were drafted by working groups comprised of experts and stakeholders who volunteered their time to the projects. They
were approved by ANSI-Accredited Standards Committee S12, Noise, under operating procedures accredited by the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI), a not-for-profit organization that coordinates the development of voluntary consensus standards
in the US.
The national standards are now available as a two-part series. The first part, ANSI/ASA S12.60-2010/Part 1, “American National Standard Acoustical Performance Criteria, Design Requirements, and Guidelines for Schools, Part 1: Permanent
Schools, is a major revision of ANSI S12.60-2002. The particular issues related to acoustics in relocatable classrooms are
addressed in ANSI/ASA S12.60-2009/Part 2, “American National Standard Acoustical Performance Criteria, Design Requirements, and Guidelines for Schools, Part 2: Relocatable
Classroom Factors."
Thanks to a unique partnership of industry supporters Armstrong Ceiling Systems, Trane, and Owens Corning, ASA is able to
offer both standards for download from the ASA online store at no cost to the user. "Every school official in the country
can have these useful resources at hand because cost is not a prohibitive factor," said Dr. Paul D. Schomer, ASA's Standards
Director.
These standards and many other national and international standards can be obtained in PDF format from the Acoustical Society
of America Online Store at: http://asa.aip.org. Standards may also be ordered by fax or mail from: Acoustical Society of America, 35 Pinelawn Road, Suite 114E, Melville
NY 11747-3177, Phone: 631-390-0215, Fax: 631-390-0217, Email: asastds@aip.org.
ASA offers the full catalog of ISO/TC 108 Mechanical vibration, shock and condition monitoring, ISO/TC 43 Acoustics, ISO/TC
43/SC 1 Noise, and IEC/TC 29 Electroacoustics standards, as well as a wide range of American National Standards on the topics
of Acoustics, Mechanical Vibration and Shock, Bioacoustics, and Noise.
The American National Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI) is the national coordinator of voluntary standards development and the clearinghouse in the USA for information on
national and international standards. For more information, visit www.ansi.org.
The Acoustical Society of America is a nonprofit organization founded in 1929. It is the premier international scientific society in acoustics, dedicated to
increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and promoting its practical applications. For more information, visit
http://asa.aip.org.
Susan B. Blaeser
Standards Manager
Acoustical Society of America
Standards Secretariat
35 Pinelawn Road, Suite 114E
Melville, NY 11747
USA
+1 631 390-0215 (telephone)
+1 631 390-0217 (fax)
asastds@aip.org
http://asa.aip.org
For additional information contact: Susan B. Blaeser, Standards Manager; (631) 390-0215
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