Abstract
The International-INCE General Assembly approved Technical Initiative ♯4 in December 1999. The initiative creates an internationally coordinated program intended to assist participating nations with engineering issues associated with achieving satisfactory acoustics in learning spaces. Representatives of various acoustical societies were appointed to a Technical Study Group, convened by Zerhan Karabiber, professor of architecture at Yildiz University in Turkey. The initiative was well received and the group has representatives from 17 acoustical societies in 15 nations. The group is directed to submit its draft report for review by the I-INCE General Assembly by August of 2002. The report is expected to provide practical guidance to school planners, designers, code officials, and policy makers. The group met at the Inter-Noise 2000 in Nice, France. It will meet again at Inter-Noise 2001 at The Hague. An assignment made to all representatives is to assess the state of classroom acoustics and related activities in their own countries. This presentation briefly highlights energetic US activities. These include development of a draft ANSI Standard for classroom acoustics, and development of educational materials (led by the Acoustical Society of America), activities and support by other professional, acoustical, hearing, and governmental organizations, and critizen activism.
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