Building Acoustics

Building Acoustics is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal concerned with acoustics in the built environment. The goal of the journal is to be the main publishing option for authors writing on building acoustics and related topics, as well as a forum to integrate the relevant research community of the field. Potential readers are scientists, consultants, engineers, architects, builders and representatives of public bodies carrying out research and development in the field of acoustical aspects of buildings. There is an emphasis on the application of new knowledge and the provision of information useful to the practitioner.
Interdisciplinary studies, correlating the acoustical aspects of buildings with their thermal or lighting performance, are also welcome.

The contents include contributions on room acoustics, sound absorption and sound insulation in buildings, acoustic materials, vibration in buildings, according to the following topics:

• Sound transmission in buildings: prediction, measurement and control;
• Airborne sound insulation in buildings;
• Structureborne and impact sound in buildings;
• Measurement methods in building and room acoustics;
• Computational techniques in building acoustics;
• Façade sound insulation;
• Acoustics in lightweight buildings;
• Vibroacoustics and vibrations in buildings;
• Ground-borne vibration and sound into buildings;
• Acoustic materials: insulating materials, damping materials, porous materials, perforated materials;
• Innovative acoustic materials: sustainable and green materials, metamaterials and sonic crystals;
• Acoustical design in architecture;
• Room acoustics and evaluation of the acoustical quality of buildings;
• Computational techniques in room acoustics;
• Perception of auralized spaces;
• Acoustics of educational facilities/classroom acoustics;
• Hall and auditorium acoustics;
• Acoustics in open plan offices;
• Speech and communication in buildings;
• Soundscapes of buildings and built environment;
• Acoustic regulations and classification for new, existing and retrofitted buildings.

Article types considered include Original Research, Reviews, and Case Studies. The journal operates a conventional single-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is always concealed from the authors.