by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
For centuries, traditional church architecture has been pregnant with meaning and symbolism. The building itself, from interior to exterior, is meant to carry a visual message that transcends language. This is why art and aesthetics play an uncompromising role in...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
The medical community and design community journals contain many papers discussing noise levels in neonatal intensive care units (NICU's), how loud they should be and how to achieve those levels. Unfortunately, the recommended noise levels vary and the design...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
As long as you haven't been living in a cave this past year, you've probably noticed that America's new favorite color is green. Even the "big, scary corporations," like Walmart and McDonalds, have re-worked their ad campaigns to reflect a more-green, environmentally...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Audiovisual
This past week, as we took acoustical measurements at the Calvin College Fine Arts Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a music teacher poked her head into the auditorium and asked if aliens had landed. "Well, not exactly", I said. But I admitted that it did look and...
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...
