Comfort
Too hot, too cold, too much noise. Integrate comfort considerations from the design stage, and adapt existing buildings to anticipate future needs.
Thomas Millet
Architectural Acoustics
The Challenges
We spend between 85 and 90% of our time indoors, which is a source of multiple discomforts:
- Acoustics : It is now recognized that discomfort, stress, fatigue, and even certain pathologies are partly a consequence of a poor sound environment. This has become a public health issue. Available acoustic standards often address the subject from a quantitative perspective, primarily considering the risks of hearing loss (the Labor Code requires intervention beyond a certain sound exposure threshold). However, the requirements for living spaces aim not only for the absence of safety and health risks but also for their comfort, efficiency, and well-being.
- Thermal and hygrothermal conditions : Being too hot or too cold is a daily reality for millions of people, particularly during extreme periods of intense cold or heatwaves. In a Paris projected to reach 50°C by the end of the century, summer comfort will become a major public health issue.
- Visual: The lack of access to daylight or, conversely, glare from excessive brightness (e.g., low winter sun or midday summer sun) directly impacts the well-being of building occupants.
- Indoor Air Quality: It is well-established that the indoor air we breathe is polluted, either by harmful emissions from coatings and furniture or by carbon dioxide exhaled by humans. Identifying and addressing this problem has a direct impact on users' quality of life, particularly in residential settings.
To address these challenges, Sinteo remains convinced that action must be taken on two fronts: the very design of buildings, for instance, by utilizing nature-based solutions, and the way occupants use them.
Our Solutions
Depending on the requirements, we deploy our qualified engineers holding CBCP (Certified Building Commissioning Professional) certification to support project owners across various building typologies (offices, hospitality, collective housing, public institutions, etc.) and throughout all stages of a building's construction/renovation:
Our conviction:
with or without certification, a project can always be ambitious
Our References
User-centric
rehabilitation
User comfort and building connectivity are central to this renovation project. The user experience is enhanced by numerous connected services that will be available: click & collect concierge services, solar shading, HVAC, etc.
Malesherbes – Rehabilitation
For this elegant project located on Boulevard Malesherbes in Paris, we interpret the client's expectations
Geothermal Storage and Extraction in Aubervilliers
We manage the energy strategy for this building complex, comprising a hotel and an office building. The building utilizes a novel geothermal technology designed to store and draw energy from the ground based on the site's usage.
Workshops & Training
The Construction Fresk
An engaging and collaborative workshop focused on construction, designed to address the challenges of climate change.
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Presentation of the Indoor Air Quality Monitoring System in Public Access Buildings
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When acoustic design embraces biodiversity.
In the shadow of climate change challenges, a topic far less publicized than global warming could nonetheless make significant noise. This concerns the sonic state of our planet, particularly that of the living world. Silence on Earth does not exist; noise is constantly heard. While sometimes a source of nuisance, noise is primarily a carrier of information, as surprising as it is varied.
Acoustic and sound challenges in the era of low carbon and energy transition
Driven primarily by sustainable development, low-carbon, and societal challenges, timber constructions are proliferating in the design of new build and renovation projects across all sectors (housing, offices, hospitality, cultural). From an acoustic perspective, these new complexes in the French construction landscape raise several questions.
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