--- title: The Science of Comfort - Price Industries HVAC blog | Acoustics description: Acoustics | Price Industries is committed to innovation, science, technology, business integrity, first-class service, and dedication to people. Our dependable quality, reliable delivery, and knowledgeable follow-up service have made Price a market leader in supplying air distribution, critical controls, and noise control products to the non-residential HVAC market. --- ![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 ## [Acoustical Enclosure in Downtown Calgary](https://blog.priceindustries.com/acoustical-enclosure-in-downtown-calgary) Posted by [Mauricio Salinas](https://blog.priceindustries.com/author/mauricio-salinas) on April 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Acoustical enclosure on the rooftop of a building in a congested downtown area](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hubfs/EHP-NC%20Blog%20Image%201.jpg)](https://blog.priceindustries.com/acoustical-enclosure-in-downtown-calgary) ## Bringing Design to Reality Back in 2022, a mixed-use building in the Downtown East Village neighborhood of Calgary, AB, managed by the Calgary Housing Corporation, was identified as violating the city’s noise bylaws due to excessive noise emitted by its air-conditioning condensers. To address the issue, the city had initially planned to purchase and relocate new low-noise variable refrigerant flow (VRF) condensers. [Read More](https://blog.priceindustries.com/acoustical-enclosure-in-downtown-calgary) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.priceindustries.com/acoustical-enclosure-in-downtown-calgary#comments-listing) Topics: [Acoustics](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/acoustics), [Noise Control](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/noise-control), [Acoustic Louvers](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/acoustic-louvers), [Acoustic Panels](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/acoustic-panels), [Engineering](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/engineering), [Design Engineering](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/design-engineering) ## [Noise Control in Schools: Outside the Classroom](https://blog.priceindustries.com/noise-control-in-schools-outside-the-classroom) Posted by [Price Industries](https://blog.priceindustries.com/author/price-industries) on November 28, 2023 at 9:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Project team members walking in front of the acoustical enclosure](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hubfs/Acoustical%20Enclosure%20-%20wide_crop.jpg)](https://blog.priceindustries.com/noise-control-in-schools-outside-the-classroom) ## Price Noise Control Team Delivers Custom Enclosure for Minneapolis School Public schools play an important role in the communities they serve. More than just a place for students to learn, schools offer valuable extracurricular programs for young people and their families. They help foster a connection between the students and the world around them, and the best schools continually rise to the needs of their neighbors. That was the case in Minneapolis, MN, when Ella Baker Global Studies and Humanities Magnet School (formerly Jefferson Middle School) realized its HVAC system was causing too much noise. [Read More](https://blog.priceindustries.com/noise-control-in-schools-outside-the-classroom) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.priceindustries.com/noise-control-in-schools-outside-the-classroom#comments-listing) Topics: [Acoustics](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/acoustics), [Noise Control](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/noise-control), [Noise Solution](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/noise-solution), [HVAC](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/hvac), [Engineering](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/engineering), [Design Engineering](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/design-engineering) ## [HVAC That Gets an A+](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hvac-that-gets-an-a) Posted by [Dustin Rodgers](https://blog.priceindustries.com/author/dustin-rodgers) on May 30, 2023 at 9:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![A teacher sits in front of a group of young students sitting on the floor](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hubfs/ThinkstockPhotos-544655620retouch_2.jpg)](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hvac-that-gets-an-a) ## Exploring the Benefits of Displacement Ventilation in Schools For years, studies have linked healthy environments in schools with improved educational outcomes for students. We’ve seen that [indoor air quality has a major impact on health](https://bit.ly/45BbL6e), performance and attendance and that quiet classrooms improve academic performance, reduce stress and encourage better behavior. [Read More](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hvac-that-gets-an-a) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hvac-that-gets-an-a#comments-listing) Topics: [Acoustics](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/acoustics), [Displacement](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/displacement), [Thermal Comfort](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/thermal-comfort), [HVAC Fundamentals](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/hvac-fundamentals), [HVAC](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/hvac), [Engineering](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/engineering), [Design Engineering](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/design-engineering), [ASHRAE 62](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/ashrae-62) ## [What Are AHRI 880 and AHRI 885?](https://blog.priceindustries.com/what-are-ahri-880-and-ahri-885) Posted by [David Gologan](https://blog.priceindustries.com/author/david-gologan) on May 2, 2023 at 9:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![School classroom with Parallel-Flow Fan-Powered Terminal Unit installed in ceiling](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hubfs/FDV_in_School_v005comp_crop.jpg)](https://blog.priceindustries.com/what-are-ahri-880-and-ahri-885) ## A Look at These Standards and How They Impact Terminal Unit Acoustics Sound-power and sound-pressure levels are used to catalog acoustical performance for [terminal units](https://blog.priceindustries.com/what-is-a-terminal-unit). The sound performance of a terminal unit is crucial when considering the comfort of occupants within a space. For example, some places have an open-ceiling design and are well suited to quiet units to minimize distracting noises. [Read More](https://blog.priceindustries.com/what-are-ahri-880-and-ahri-885) 2 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.priceindustries.com/what-are-ahri-880-and-ahri-885#comments-listing) Topics: [Acoustics](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/acoustics), [Noise Criteria](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/noise-criteria), [Terminals](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/terminals), [HVAC Fundamentals](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/hvac-fundamentals), [HVAC](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/hvac), [Engineering](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/engineering), [Design Engineering](https://blog.priceindustries.com/tag/design-engineering) ## [What Is an Acoustic Panel?](https://blog.priceindustries.com/what-is-an-acoustic-panel) Posted by [Price Industries](https://blog.priceindustries.com/author/price-industries) on October 25, 2022 at 9:25 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Modern boardroom with acoustic panels installed on wall](https://blog.priceindustries.com/hubfs/GettyImages-1068705862-4500x3000retouch_v001_2.jpg)](https://blog.priceindustries.com/what-is-an-acoustic-panel) ## Controlling Unwanted Noise from the Source to the Receiver An acoustic panel is one of many names that describe a modular component used to block or absorb noise where it’s unwanted. Also known as a double-walled panel, sandwich panel, insulated panel, thermal panel, double-walled ductwork or plenum wall, this engineered building element contains or reduces sound energy at different stages along the path that sound travels from the source to the receiver. 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