by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
The LEED Green Building Rating SystemTM is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. LEED was created by the U.S. Green Building Council to define "green building" through a common standard, and to promote...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Noise and Vibration
OSHA, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, has long had policies regulating noise in the workplace. Their "Hearing Conservation Program" is designed to protect workers from suffering hearing loss even if they are subject to loud noise exposures over...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Noise and Vibration
"...You can't handle the truth!" If you're a movie fan, then you probably recognize this line from the 1992 blockbuster, A Few Good Men. Of course, Nathan R. Jessep (Jack Nicholson) delivered the line in response to Lt. Daniel Kaffee's (Tom Cruise) questioning in that...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
Medlar Field at Lubrano Park in State College, Pennsylvania isn't just the first LEED Certified ballpark in the world - it's the only one (to date). Known as "The Med", the new ballpark raises the bar in "green" sports facility design in several areas: water...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
This past spring I was blessed to be married to an amazing woman who thankfully doesn't mind when I walk into a business and point out the acoustical flaws and potential improvements that could be made "if they had only hired an acoustical consultant!"...
