Background noise lowers memory recall.
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What each profession does with this factor.
- ArchitectSpeech intelligibility is the acoustic factor a floor plan controls
- Asset managerThe certification premium bundles acoustics into a label average
- Corporate real estateOverheard speech costs more per head than the acoustic fit-out
- Developer and investorNo study prices the acoustic fit-out into rent
- HR and workplaceA quieter floor lowered absenteeism after an office move
- MarketingA silence claim overstates what the noise evidence shows
- Workplace strategistBackground speech has a measured point where performance falls