Exposure to many of the environments and tools associated with the HVAC trade can progressively harm a technician’s hearing, which aside from hearing loss, can cause a host of other problems like high blood pressure and fatigue. The best way to mitigate these potential hazards is with proper hearing protection.
Air handlers are the heart of an HVAC system, moving the conditioned air through a building. Like a heart, they can generate a lot of noise while operating. Manufacturers, however, are taking steps to reduce that noise.
When you think of first responders, HVACR contractors don’t usually come to mind. However, they are first on the scene in the dead of winter with negative wind chills for no heat calls or in the sweltering summer heat for no air calls.
The Plenum Barrier Board is designed to improve sound isolation and privacy between rooms in commercial interiors. High sound isolation — tested up to STC 52 — can be achieved between adjacent rooms without building bulkheads above demountable partition systems or extending the walls to full height.
Johnson Controls unveiled its new Vertical Stacked Water-Source Heat Pump Sound Room in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. The sound room contains two working Johnson Controls vertical stacked water-source heat pump (VS-WSHP) units, allowing customers to experience first-hand the best-in-class sound performance of the high-efficiency 13-EER model and the premium-efficiency 16-EER model in a residential setting.
IAC Acoustics, a division of Sound Seal, and a leading manufacturer of metal acoustical and noise control products and solutions serving the industrial, architectural, commercial, and construction industries, announced it has hired Darren Riley to serve as product sales manager for the HVAC Silencer Division.
Sound Seal, a manufacturer of acoustical and noise control products serving the industrial, architectural, commercial, and construction industries, announced it has acquired New York-based industrial noise control firm IAC Acoustics.
Sound Seal, a leading manufacturer of acoustical and noise control products serving the industrial, architectural, commercial, and construction industries, announced the launch of its upgraded websites.
Sound Seal, a manufacturer of acoustical and noise control products serving the industrial, architectural, commercial, and construction industries, has announced the addition of its AlumaLAG™ product to its acoustical pipe and duct wrap product line.