--- title: "SMACNA Highlight: Return Air Canopy" description: The Return Air Canopy from Price is an economical solution for reducing return-air noise and improving speech privacy. image: https://blog.priceindustries.com/hubfs/RAC_v015.png --- ![PriceTraining_Logo_RGB-1](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PriceTraining_Logo_RGB-1.png?width=303&height=58&name=PriceTraining_Logo_RGB-1.png)   [![Price Industries](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hubfs/Priceindustries-March-2018/Images/Price_Logo_Blue.svg)](https://www.priceindustries.com/) The Science of ComfortTM ## The Science of Comfort Your Premier Source for All Things HVAC # SMACNA Highlight: Return Air Canopy Posted by [Price Industries](https://blog.priceindustries.com/author/price-industries) on March 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM ![Price Industries](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hubfs/Price%20Icon.png) Find me on: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/PriceIndustriesHVAC) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/price-industries/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/PriceHVAC) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## Quieter Spaces, Faster Installation *Price Industries is proud to be a Gold Associate Member of the [Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA)](https://bit.ly/3JwFg2u). In our SMACNA Highlight blog series, we’ll be featuring news, tips and tricks tailored to the skilled contractors who install, coordinate and deliver HVAC systems across North America.* ![Gold Associate Member SMACNA logo](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Gold%20SMACNA%20Logo.png?width=475&height=359&name=Gold%20SMACNA%20Logo.png) The Return Air Canopy from Price is an economical solution for reducing return-air noise and improving speech privacy. It installs in minutes, providing consistent, high-quality results on the jobsite. Installing traditional lined boots can take up to three hours – but the Return Air Canopy installs within just 10 minutes, saving on labor while delivering a 60% lower cost than that of field-fabricated alternatives. Its lightweight, compact design streamlines handling on the jobsite and preserves valuable plenum space. Despite its simplicity, it delivers robust performance, maintaining the acoustic properties of fiberglass ceiling tiles, reducing room-to-room noise transfer, and treating breakout noise from terminal units and flex ducts. ![SMACNA Ad Return Air Canopy](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SMACNA%20Ad%20RAC.jpg?width=1024&height=856&name=SMACNA%20Ad%20RAC.jpg) The Return Air Canopy also blocks light spill between spaces and integrates seamlessly with any of our square return-air devices, giving you consistent, high-quality results across a variety of ceiling systems. If you are interested in using the [Return Air Canopy](https://bit.ly/40U9tOd) in your next project, reach out to your [local Price representative](https://bit.ly/4s0uNNU). *A version of this post originally appeared in SMACNA’s [Products and Services Updates newsletter](https://bit.ly/4lRkloa).* [![New call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/4024064/92c1d195-4038-4bab-b7fd-3c89edb30fff.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/4024064/92c1d195-4038-4bab-b7fd-3c89edb30fff) Topics: [Noise Control](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/noise-control), [Speech Privacy](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/speech-privacy), [Duct Noise Reduction](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/duct-noise-reduction), [HVAC](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/hvac), [Contractors](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/contractors) ## At Price, when we say “the sky is the limit,” we actually mean it. 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