Effect of implementation quadruple glazing panel into the walls on the airborne sound insulation of building facades

Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Department of Automation and Control Engineering, Nad Stranemi 4511, Czech Republic

^* Corresponding author: pdrabek@fai.utb.cz

Abstract

Noise is one of the major national problems for decades. In the case of buildings, this concernment has become an issue when building structures are becoming lighter and lighter in weight. This approach does not only caused difficulties with poor sound insulation but also meant heat accumulation problems. This is due to the fact that commonly used lightweight construction materials are not able to absorb too much heat energy like massive constructions did. Production and implementation companies are trying to avoid these ailments by implementing accumulation materials into the buildings most frequently in the form of panels. A subject of this paper is to study the effect of implementation one type of facade system into the perimeter walls on the airborne sound insulation of building facades. The research is dedicated to the quadruple glazing panel which is a translucent wall element without any mechanical components or electronic devices.