As a cafe or restaurant owner, you might think that the general levels of noise in your facility are inevitable and signify that your business is booming. However, did you know that noise in the workplace can have a significant effect on your workers? What can you do to control that noise by looking at insulation?
How Noise Affects Workers
Studies have shown that long-term exposure to elevated noise in a workplace environment can not only lead to stress and poor productivity, but can lead to heightened absentee levels and elevated staff turnover. It can lead to an increasing likelihood of illness and more accidents.
Why Your Facility Is Noisy
Often, a cafe will have concrete floors and floor-to-ceiling glass windows, both of which contribute significantly to echo and reverberation. Often, people will be quite animated in their conversations as they enjoy their meals with friends and acquaintances. There will be a constant noise associated with the movement of chairs, machines preparing food and drinks in the background, and staff raising their voices in the kitchen in order to place orders.
What Can You Do?
The solution is more straightforward than you might think. In order to decrease reverberation and echo, consider installing a number of acoustic insulation panels, specially engineered for the purpose. Today, these panels are designed so that they not only insulate, but they also complement the overall look and feel of your property. In other words, they can serve two purposes: help to control the overall noise and provide additional visual elements from a design perspective.
Advantages of Acoustic Panels
These panels are normally manufactured using polyester fibres that are thermally bonded, designed to be durable and long lasting. They are lightweight, naturally resistant to fading and quite easy to install. They can be placed in a matter of only a few hours, when your restaurant is normally closed for business. This means there is little, if any, disruption.
Panels like these can absorb as much as 85% of the reverberation in the room and can make a significant difference to the general ambience as well. Not only will the staff find communication a lot easier, but customers will also find that your restaurant has a more relaxed feel to it. This will encourage them to come back on a more regular basis.
Learn more about insulation and acoustics by consulting resources like WA Direct Plasterboard & Building Supplies.
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