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LEED for schools EQ Prerequisite 3

Intent: Provide classrooms that are quiet in which teachers can speak to the class without straining their voices and students can effectively communicate with each other and the teacher.

 

Minimum Acoustical Performance is required. Design classrooms and other core learning spaces to meet the Reverberation Time (RT) requirements of ANSI Standard S12.60 - 2002 (Annexes B-D 45 dBA) Also design classrooms and other core learning spaces to meet the Sound Transmission Class (STC) requirements of at least 35.

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