ANSI/ASA S12.60-2010/Part 1 American National Standard Acoustical Performance Criteria, Design Requirements, and Guidelines for Schools, Part 1: Permanent Schools

This document is Part 1 of the ANSI/ASA S12.60 series (commonly referred to as the "classroom acoustics standard") and is applicable to classrooms and other learning spaces in permanent schools. Part 2 of the ANSI/ASA S12.60 series is applicable to relocatable classrooms and relocatable modular core learning spaces. This standard includes acoustical performance criteria, and design requirements for classrooms and other learning spaces. Annex A provides procedures for optional testing to determine conformance with the source background noise requirements and the noise isolation requirements of this standard. Annex B provides commentary information on various paragraphs of this standard. Annex C provides guidelines for controlling reverberation in classrooms.