How is LogiSon responding to the ever-changing needs of the FM world?

Throughout our 44-year history, we have always taken great care to educate clients and building professionals, not only about sound masking, but – more generally – about how to achieve effective acoustics in the workplace. Given increasing emphasis on the role this key indoor environmental quality plays in employee productivity and workplace satisfaction, we launched SONARE – a magazine focusing on the concepts, factors and approaches that can help FMs better understand acoustical issues and how to address them, as well as new perspectives on acoustical comfort, privacy and equity within the workplace.

What’s on the horizon in acoustics, and how is LogiSon meeting those challenges and opportunities?

Currently, there are no design or performance standards for sound masking systems and, despite having been in use since the 1960s, it remains a poorly understood technology; for example, some are still under the impression it emits "white noise." At the same time, the importance of managing the spectral distribution and overall level of background sound within the built environment is increasingly recognized in building standards, guidelines and codes worldwide. In an effort to ensure better integration of masking sound with overall architectural acoustical goals – and improve accountability within our industry – we have become an active member of many international standards organizations, including IFMA, ASA, ASHRAE, ASTM, GBI, IWBI and USGBC. Our work within them reflects our long-standing commitment to the advancement of masking and ongoing quest to ensure facility occupants can enjoy its many benefits.