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September 10, 2025

In-progress updates to ANSI S12.60 Part 1 pertaining to sound isolation

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The ongoing updates to ANSI S12.60 aim to improve sound isolation standards in schools, addressing many existing concerns.
Feedback from the workgroup highlighted numerous issues with the previous version's sound isolation requirements.
The discussions also indicated that interior sound isolation language in the current standard requires revisions.
These updates are expected to enhance the acoustical performance standards relevant to educational environments.

Abstract

In early 2022, work began to update ANSI/ASA S12.60, Acoustical Performance Criteria, Design Requirements, and Guidelines for Schools, Part 1: Permanent Schools. The current version of this standard is from 2010. When the working group was polled for comments and requested changes for a new version of the standard, concerns regarding how the 2010 version handles building envelope sound isolation requirements were numerous. Ensuing discussions also revealed concerns with interior sound isolation language. The current progress of the working group’s actions regarding modifications to the standard’s sound isolation language will be discussed.

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Joseph Keefe (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1b60654b1d3bfb60ead21 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0037655