TROX España has recently participated in the “II Conference On Acoustics In Air Installations (AINAIR)”, which took place last Thursday, November 6th, at the North Hall of IFEMA’s Fair Grounds in Madrid, and which had the colaboration of such associations as ATECYR, AECOR, the Spanish Acoustics Society, besides Madrid’s Official Engineers Association, the University of Zaragoza and the Ministry of Housing.

Under the subject “Acoustics in Air Installations, A Matter of Design”, AINAIR 2008 was able to bring together more than 500 industry professionals interested in broadening their knowlwdge on the latest trends, solutions and regulations. The conference stood out for the quality of its interventions and presentations. Antonio Vegas, Honorary Director of TROX Academy, was in charge of presenting a paper on air diffusion, acoustics and comfort of the leading brand in the air diffusion and distribution market. Antonio Vegas highlighted the need to take into account the criteria for acoustic comfort while the project is being developed in order to avoid complicated situations when the installation is commissioned.

Interesting and practical acoustics concepts were recalled, such as the influence of the orientation of air outlets, selection of diffusion elements according to the regenerated acoustic power and acceptable acoustic levels by type of places. The new requirements of the Building Technical Code’s DB-HR document were also mentioned. According to the company’s press release, this presentation together with the ones from the rest of the speakers, focusing on other systems such as energy generation groups, piping networks, acoustic shielding, the elimination of vibration and acoustic studies and validations, covered almost all of the acoustic issues linked with air condicioning installations.