Bildspec operable walls have completed another quality installation for School Infrastructure NSW at Clemton Park Public School. Bildspec installed a Series 100 Rw45 centre stacking operable wall between two classrooms to allow both to operate simultaneously without unwanted sound transmission passing between the two.

The high acoustic ratings achieved by Bildspec acoustic moveable walls facilitate flexible spaces where children can learn in a quiet yet robust environment. In learning spaces, unwanted noise is detrimental to learning outcomes due to reduced speech intelligibility, and it comes most often from the intrusion of external noise: noise transferred between individual spaces, including impact noise. Control of reverberation can enhance speech intelligibility.

Various face finishes used on the surface of each operable partition can improve the NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient) or reverberation acoustic quality of the space through sound absorption. Careful consideration should be given to choosing face finishes that assist in absorbing the frequencies of speech, referred to as articulate speech frequencies.   

The school chose Autex Composition as the panel face finish. Autex Composition is a high-performance acoustic wall covering with a rich colour and soft yet durable polyester fibre finish. The hook-and-loop receptive pile and self-healing surface, that can be used to pin up work, lends itself to creative and education focused spaces – a blank canvas for budding ideas and visual expression.