Technical Committee: Room and Building Acoustics (TC-RBA)
The EAA Technical Committee Room and Building Acoustics (EAA TC-RBA) was established on 15 March 1999 at a meeting in Berlin. Jens Holger Rindel promoted the activity of the EAA TC-RBA between 1999 and 2008. After retiring from his university post, Jens Holger Rindel decided to withdraw as chairman of the TC-RBA, although he is still an active member of the Committee. Patrizio Fausti was elected as new chairmen during the joint meeting of the ASA TC-AA and EAA TC-RBA, held in Paris in July 2008, during Acoustics 2008 ASA and EAA joint Conference.
Main aims of the TC-RBA
One of the main aims of the Technical Committee Room and Building Acoustics (TC-RBA) is to provide all those working in the field of room and building acoustics with an information platform about new activities, research results, papers, books, congresses, projects, workshops etc.
Another major task of the committee is to stimulate joint activities and mutual worldwide co-operation between researchers and related Technical Committees, such as the Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics (TCAA) of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), to initiate common projects in research, development, and education, and to help organize structured sessions in Room and Building Acoustics for congresses, especially for the Forum Acusticum, which takes place every three years. The intention is also to organize, every year, a symposium or similar meeting, alternating between room acoustic topics and building acoustic topics. Collaboration with other organizations, like CIB WG 51 Acoustics, will be maintained or established, to organize joint meetings with TC-RBA.
In addition, closer contact with members of other scientific groups and members of the related working groups of the ISO and CEN organizations will be encouraged.
The web page of the EAA will serve as a convenient tool for exchanging such information and for establishing contacts, discussions and collaborations. All colleagues who are working in the field of Room and Building Acoustics are kindly invited to participate in these activities and to post contributions. The TC Room and Building Acoustics will become more active and useful the more colleagues from all over Europe send their contributions.
In order to facilitate the execution of the above-mentioned aims, Working Groups may be established to deal with special topics. At the present moment, there are six WG. Members that are interested in contributing to a WG are invited to contact the person in charge.
- WG 1 – EN 12354 Building Acoustics Prediction Models (wg1)
- WG 2 – Opera House Acoustics (wg2)
- WG 3 – Acoustics in Open-Plan Schools and Offices (wg3)
- WG 4 – Sound Insulation Requirements and Sound Classification (wg4)
- WG 5 – New Measurement Methods in Building Acoustics (wg5)
- WG 6 – Recommended Room Acoustic Requirements (wg6)
Past activities of the TC-RBA
The TC has been responsible for :
- Sending relevant information to the members
- Arranging meetings of the TC (usually in connection with other meetings).
- Giving advice to the organizers of acoustical conferences for structured sessions within Room and Building Acoustics.
- Reporting about activities to the EAA.
- Organizing symposia on room and building acoustics.
Three series of Round Robin for the evaluation of room acoustic prediction models were arranged between 1994 and 2002. Detailed information is available, concerning both the results and the room input data, which means that these three room examples may also be used in the future for testing the prediction capabilities of new room acoustic software and/or the users of such software. (http://www.ptb.de/en/org/1/17/173/roundrobin.htm)
An open database for loudspeakers (Common Loudspeaker Format) was established in April 2005. Thus loudspeaker performance and polar data from a wide range of loudspeaker producers are available in an open and secure format, useful in connection with room acoustic prediction models. (http://www.clfgroup.org/)
Past meetings of the TC-RBA
15th March 1999 in Berlin, during 2nd FORUM ACUSTICUM; founding meeting.
6th September 2001 in Rome, during ICA 2001;
16th September 2002 in Sevilla, during FORUM ACUSTICUM 2002;
17th September 2004 in Guimarães, Portugal, during ACUSTICA 2004;
29th August 2005, Budapest, during FORUM ACUSTICUM 2005;
5th September 2007 in Madrid, during ICA 2007;
1st July 2008 in Paris, during ACOUSTICS 2008, Joint meeting of the ASA TCAA and EAA TCRBA.
26th October 2009 in Edinburgh, during EURONOISE 2009
16th September 2010 in Ljubljana, during EUROREGIO 2010
28th June 2011 in Aalborg, during FORUM ACUSTICUM 2011
Future meetings of the TC-RBA
2012, at Euronoise, Prague 10-13th of June
Future activities of the TC-RBA
- Establish a list of representatives for the various European National Acoustical Associations for the field of room and building acoustics in order to better disseminate the information and organize local activities.
- Update and increase membership to the TC-RBA.
- Assisting the organizers of acoustical conferences for structured sessions within Room and Building Acoustics.
- Reporting about activities to the EAA Board.
- Promote the organization of small symposia in several countries in Europe, together with the national acoustical society, on relevant topics. Priority should be given to those organized in the countries in which the activity is not so high and the promotion is welcome.
- Promote the organization of a Symposium on ancient theatres.
- Promote the organization of a Symposium or a European Conference in Building Acoustics.
Chairman of TC-RBA
Monika Rychtáriková
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Laboratory of Acoustics and Thermal Physics
Celestijnenlaan 200 D
3001 Leuven, Belgium
Tel: +32 16 32 7176
Fax: +32 16 32 7984
monika.rychtarikova@bwk.kuleuven.be
https://perswww.kuleuven.be/~u0046505
http://fys.kuleuven.be/atf
Vice Chairman of TC-RBA
Miomir Mijic
School of Electrical Engineering
Acoustics Laboratory, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
tel: +381 113218361
fax: +381 112348681
email: emijic@etf.rs
Past chairmans of TC-RBA
2008-2011 Patrizio Fausti (email: patrizio.fausti@unife.it, University of Ferrara, Italy)
1999-2008 Jens Holger Rindel (email: jhr@odeon.dk, http://www.odeon.dk)
