SEIBU OFFICE

ACOUSTIC
PERFORMANCE AUDIT

ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE
AUDIT
SPACE
(TIME: 1:30 / 5 EMPLOYEES)

SOUND LEVEL
(dB)

ENTRANCE

45 dB

OFFICE
(SUBTLE CONVERSATION)

49 54 dB

OFFICE
(BUSY CONVERSATION)

52 73 dB

OFFICE
(NEAR AIRCON)

49 51 dB

ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE
AUDIT

SEIBU ADMINISTRATION OFFICES

ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE HAS ITS
LOWEST SOUND LEVEL AT 45 dB on its
entrance while its highest level is at
73 dB when the employees inside the
office has a heavy conversation with
each other.
According to Acoustic Standards Chart
of the ANSI (2008) an open plan office
which is like the plan of the Seibu
Administration Office should have a
sound level of 35 39 dB only for the
employees to perform well on their
task therefore the sound level on the
Seibu Office does not fall on the given
standard and has a high sound level
for an office with that kind of plan.

EXISTING ACOUSTIC CONDITION

LEGEND:
AIR CONDITIONER
SOUND
PEOPLE
CONVERSATION
SOUND

PLAN OF SEIBU ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

EXISTING BUILDING MATERIALS AND

SOUND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT
CATEGORY

CEILING

MATERIALS

WOOD

ABSORPTION
COEFFICIENT

500
HZ

2000
HZ

4000
HZ

0.1

0.06

0.07

COLOR

SURFACE
TEXTURE

WHITE

SMOOTH

CATEGORY

M2ATERIALS

ABSORPTION
COEFFICIENT

500
HZ

2000
HZ

4000
HZ

COLOR

SURFACE
TEXTURE

WALL

SMOOTH PAINTED
CONCRETE

0.06

0.09

0.08

BEIGE

SMOOTH

FLOOR

TILES

0.015

0.02

0.02

LIGHT PINK

SMOOTH

CATEGORY

ABSORPTION
COEFFICIENT

MATERIALS

500
HZ

2000
HZ

4000
HZ

COLOR

SURFACE
TEXTURE

FURNITURE

WOODEN TABLES
AND CHAIRS

0.22

0.38

0.30

WHITE /
BROWN

SMOOTH

FURNITURE

UPHOLSTERED
SEATS

0.6

0.6

0.6

LIGHT
BROWN

SLIGHTLY
ROUGH