With Rockfon’s Ultimate Acoustical Solutions, stone wool ceiling systems can achieve unmatched sound absorption and sound isolation performance in unison, so why compromise your design?
Well-designed acoustic environments can foster clarity, calm and comfort — enhancing how building occupants feel, think and perform. In contrast, noise can elevate stress levels and hinder concentration. The ceiling over rooms is a highly influential surface affecting acoustical comfort.
Best acoustical design practices and building design standards typically require sound isolation levels of 40, 45 or 50+ when sound separation is needed between rooms. Requirements for ceiling sound absorption are often NRC 0.80 to 0.90+. Ceiling systems that only provide CAC 35 and NRC 0.70-0.75 and require a compromise. The result can be insufficient privacy between rooms and overly loud and uncomfortable spaces.
1. Absorb noise inside the room
2. Decrease noise from the next room
3. Decrease noise from the room above
4. Decrease noise from equipment in the plenum
This deep dive equips architects and designers with tools to specify acoustical ceiling solutions and understand NRC, CAC, STC for strategic product selections aligned with building conditions.
If it’s Worth Building
If it’s worth building, then it’s worth doing right with Rockfon’s Ultimate Acoustical Solutions. Specify Rockfon acoustical systems appropriate for each project or each space by combining products to achieve the acoustical performance your project requires. Acoustic quality is a fundamental pillar of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), and Rockfon’s evolving acoustical solutions are responding to and exceeding occupant expectations and increasingly stringent requirements in building standards.
In the book, you’ll work with panel thickness, our high-performance membrane and Rockfon® Plenum Barrier Board™ options to find your ceiling solution.
With the new Ultimate Acoustical Solutions from Rockfon, building design and construction professionals now have a variety of system options, meaning compromise between absorption, isolation and compliance with standards is no longer necessary. The CAC rating of the ceiling system can equal the Sound Transmission Class (STC) rating of the interior partitions – all the way up to CAC/STC 58. At the same time, the sound absorption ratings can be NRC 0.80, 0.85, 0.90, 0.95 and higher.
This deep dive into common building design challenges and solutions equips architects and designers with practical analyses and tools to specify impactful acoustical ceiling solutions. Keep The Ceilings Book on hand to understand NRC, CAC, STC and other performance factors — and how to make smart, strategic stone wool product selections aligned with your building conditions.
We provide customers with a complete acoustic ceiling system offering, combining sound absorbing ceiling tiles and specialty metal panels with suspension grid systems and accessories.