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A normal window custom-designed

to cut the noise out.

to stitch up the concept into reality. Net result is a spectrum Acoustics to shut the din out
of conflicts that have to be resolved while keeping the
concept intact. There were many stakeholders, there were The key requirement here was that the office should cut
still more on the ground who worked tirelessly to achieve out the outside noise; a fair request, but for the technical
what was spelled out to them. Most of all there was one challenges. The Bombay House location is the busiest
strong voice that spelt out the vision, showed them the hub of Mumbai with outside noise levels at 90 decibels
goal post, kept them going till the task was done. There are (DB). TCE-Ecofirst combine provided customised solutions
no guesses here as to whose voice it was! with smart windows, reducing the noise levels to 38 DB
which is a Grade A permissible interior norm. A lot of
The architectural and interior design concept is splendid. re-engineering was applied here. A Smart window with
Brass tacking this into a functional office was phenomenal. a high performance neutral glass with a 5mm-16mm-
Thus, a work of art has been created! The teams followed 11.72mm section was designed to integrate into the
the ‘voice’ towards their goal but oblivious of the fact that Scheuco (German) aluminium sections. The acoustics
they were creating an almanac of innovative engineering disruption here was the use of double laminated glass
solutions. The facility was inaugurated just as planned on 5mm x 2 plus interspacing of 2 (0.76mm ) PVB acoustic
the birth anniversary of JRD Tata, the 29th of July 2018. films in the glass section. Efforts also went into the
The dust has settled down, the drilling machines’ selection of right VLT component of glass. The net result
reverberations are silent. The realisation of the creative was noise reduction to 38 DB, reduced heat loads by
solutions by the team involved in the project came to light. 8%-10% which would reduce energy consumption by air-
Here is the story of the brass stacks. conditioning and increased natural lighting.