Innovative system structure

ACOUSTIC SCREEN AND PARTITION SYSTEMS

RAUWORKS screen

in comparison

with conventional screen and partition

systems without acoustic properties:

System depth of 5.5 cm for

significantly higher absorption values

System height of 70 cm for

significantly higher acoustic

screening efficiency

How does RAUWORKS affect the acoustics of office spaces?

A study by the Institute for Building Services and Energy Design at the TU Braunschweig

in collaboration with REHAU

In order to test the effect of RAUWORKS screen and partition systems, the modern office and meeting rooms at the

TU Braunschweig were furnished with REHAU products. During the testing phase, which lasted one year, it became clear that

RAUWORKS systems were able to demonstrate a clear improvement in room acoustics and the occupants general well-being.

Psychoacoustic effect:

improving the well-being

of office staff

Immediately after installation,

EXPOSURE TO NOISE FALLS by more

than 20 %

Around 60 % of office staff notice

AN IMPROVEMENT IN ROOM

ACOUSTICS immediately after

installation.

70 % of office staff notice an

IMPROVEMENT IN GENERAL

WELL-BEING by more than 50 %,

immediately after installation.

In the long term (1 year later), 100 %

of staff report an improvement in well-

being by more than 50 %.

Physical effect:

reducing sources of

perceived noise

SOUND PRESSURE

LEVEL

falls by up to 35 %

REVERBERATION TIME

falls by up to 25 %

SPEECH

INTELLIGIBILTY

falls by up to 30 %

Situation faced

by office staff before

installation of RAUWORKS

Noises

echo!

The room

is loud!

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I am distracted

by my colleagues’

conversations!

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