Acoustic Comfort

The Acoustic Comfort online 1 PDH course is a part of the Building Design category of courses.

The acoustical environment of a workspace is typically given little or no attention during project planning and design. The functionality and aesthetics of the workspace are usually the primary focus of the designer. Too often overlooked, are the factors contributing to the productivity of employees occupying the workspace. Providing a comfortable environment for employees contributes significantly to their optimum performance and reduced absenteeism. Workspace comfort is really a combination of factors that includes daylighting and electric lighting, indoor environmental quality, temperature, and acoustics.

The focus of this course is primarily on acoustic comfort in offices, classrooms, and conference rooms, though the concepts may apply to other space types, as well.

This course is based on National Institute of Building Science publication “Acoustic Comfort”.

This course is intended for architects, building engineers, civil, structural and mechanical engineers, and other design and construction professionals interested to learn about acoustic comfort.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this PDH online continuing education course, you will be able to:

• address the sources of acoustical problems
• offer design guidance to control the acoustical problems
• identify accepted acoustical criteria, and
• describe the value of acoustic comfort to the employee.

Refunds and Cancellation Policies

The online PDH course is accepted as continuing education activity by the Professional Engineering boards in states listed on this page. In an unlikely case the course is not accepted by the board listed on this page, we will refund the full payment and will pay for you to take another course of equivalent monetary and PDH / CEU value. For complete list of courses related to Building Design category of courses please click here.

Length of the Course / Activity

This course is intended to be studied at self-pace and it should take on average of 1 hour to read and be able to comprehend the material to successfully past the online quiz.

Course Quiz

To receive the certificate of completion for the above 1 PDH online course, you will need to take a 10-question multiple choice quiz based on the reference material supplied and pass with minimum score of 70%. There is no time limit for the quiz and it can be taken multiple times until a passing score of 70% is achieved.

Certificate of Completion

Once you achieve a passing score of 70% on the quiz you will receive and be able to print your Certificate of Completion as a record of your continuing education. PDH Star will keep a record of your certificate for the duration as required by your state of licensure. You will be able to log on to your account and view and print your past Certificate of Completion.

State Acceptance

The above course is accepted in the following states:

AK, AL, AR, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, and WY

For detailed state by state requirements click here.

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