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Acoustic Space/Acoustica was once again a Finalist...

The Banksia Environmental Awards are recognised as Australia’s pre-eminent environmental awards. The awards acknowledge excellence, dedication and leadership in various areas that contribute to the environment and a sustainable future.

“The Banksia Awards have recognised the many outstanding achievements in sustainable environmental practice across Australia. The Awards are an exciting celebration of environmental innovation and achievement and an opportunity to experience first hand the latest developments in sustainable environmental management that will really make a difference to the long-term future of our precious natural resources.” John Thwaites, Former Victorian Minister for the Environment.

As a finalist of the Banksia Awards, you have been publicly recognised for your achievements and contribution to the environmental cause.

The Banksia Environmental Awards represent:

• Excellence

• Leadership

• Commitment

• Outstanding achievement

Engineers Australia Excellence Awards...

The Australian Engineering Excellence Awards 2008 acknowledges and celebrates the world class standard of Australian engineering. The engineering profession, together with its associated clients, industries and regulators, present their achievement to their peers as well as government, industry and private sector leaders. The Governor – General, as patron of the organisation, will be invited to be the key note speaker at the national event.

The product entered was Quietwave^® in the Environmental Category

Innovator: Philippe Doneux, Bill Takacs & Dr Bruce Robins
 

Description:
Quietwave® is the world's highest rating environmental sound barrier. It produces the same effect in Sound Transmission Loss (STL) as adding 30 kg/m² of plasterboard to a wall. It allows acoustic walls to be half the thickness of standard construction. It can be used for floors, ceilings and doors as well as in the marine market and is manufactured from 40% organic waste products.

Unique Benefits:

• 6 star AAAC acoustic performance - the highest rating drywall system available

• The only drywall solution that feels and sounds like a solid brick

• Highly impact resistant

• Less weight and thinner walls

• Environment benefits - made from organic waste products

Status of Innovation:
The innovation has been fully tested by independent acousticians in Australia, UK, Germany, France, Thailand, Singapore and USA. The patent for Quietwave® has been issued in Australia and is pending globally. Quietwave® is ready for commercialisation and mass production.

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GREEN PAPER

Building Products for a

Sustainable Future

A Revolution in Acoustic Dry Wall Construction

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

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Cool companies surf the good vibe!

The second annual Cool Company Awards were held on Thursday 27 September 2007, as a way for Anthill Magazine to publicly acknowledge and celebrate Australian organisations that are doing things differently or defying convention to bring about positive change. 

Eighteen finalists from six categories gathered at the Melbourne headquarters of Primary Sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers to celebrate their achievements and continue to build on Anthill's growing 'alumni' of Cool Companies.

These 18 very cool Finalists were selected from over 650 nominations. The process required that applicants answer 49 questions, relating to six criteria: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Youthful attitude (irrespective of age), Creativity, Reinvention and the X-Factor. From these 18 Finalists, 6 category winners were chosen.
 

Australian Anthill 2007 Innovation Award

Innovation Award...

Acoustica

Sponsor: AusIndustry
Presenter: The Hon Fran Bailey MP, Minister for Small Business and Tourism

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Acoustica was presented with the Australian Anthill Magazine Innovation Award for their revolutionary QuietWave acoustic wall treatment.

QuietWave is a revolution in Sound Transmission Loss (STL) for walls, floors and ceilings. A 1mm coating of this visco-elastic material covering only 33% of the surface is equivalent to 20Kg of material such as plasterboard, plywood or MDF.

QuietWave is set to change the way that plasterboard companies manufacture high density plasterboard.

QuietWave, made from natural organic materials, is environmentally friendly displacing a significant amount of embodied energy.
 

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a pitching competition for projects and businesses to communicate their investment opportunity before a judging panel drawn from a variety of financial and business backgrounds.

NSW Pitchfest ’07 Finalist Announced

On September 6, 2007, the 10 the finalists for NSW Pitchfest ’07 were announced. Finalists come from all over NSW and include clever and marketable ideas for industry, education, homeland security, travel, tourism and biotechnology.

In announcing the finalists, Kate Ingham, NSWPitchfest’s ‘07 event manager said, “The quality of applications has been impressively high and they’ve come from such a broad range of sectors and business types that it’s been tough assessing them. But in the end, we’ve selected those opportunities with the most significant practical market potential. Many of these also had developed and mature business outlooks,” Ms Ingham said.

has been selected as one of the ten finalists for Acoustic Space for two products for use in the building industry:

a revolutionary low cost construction acoustic wall system that achieves the highest sound transmission loss (STC) with the smallest footprint.

Vulcanite® a low cost fire resistant ceramic for use as fire rated and water resistant building product wherever fire rated structures are required. Applications include doors, walls, ceilings, external cladding and as a board alternative for toilet and interior partitions and bench tops.

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2007 Australian Anthill Cool Company Awards

Anthill Magazine developed the Cool Company Awards to recognise organisations that manage to stay one step ahead of the rest, who produce products and services that are both unique to certain place and time. Organisations that are trend-setters in attitude and action.

The annual Cool Company Awards were created to publicly acknowledge and celebrate Australian organisations that are doing things differently or defying convention to bring about positive change.

The 2007 Cool Company Awards are judged across six categories: Commercial Creativity, Global Growth, Innovation, Social Capitalist, Flying Solo and X-Factor. The Cool Company Awards is a national awards program.

Acoustica Pty Ltd

Has been selected a finalist

Anthill Magazine INNOVATION Award

And

Coolest Company Award

Acoustica’s selection for the above awards follows their nomination as a finalist in the 2007 Western Sydney Industry Excellence in Innovation awards for their Vulcanite fireproofing system and their 2005 Western Sydney Excellence in Innovation award for their QuiteWave® acoustic wall system

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Acoustica® is Australia’s foremost innovator, developer and manufacturer of acoustic products and engineered acoustic solutions for industrial, commercial, architectural, transport and marine applications.

ACOUSTICA IN THE MINING INDUSTRY

Futurebilt International Pty Ltd

Futurebilt’s modular construction units are prefabricated air conditioned suites which are completely fitted out and ready for connection to all services. The modular construction system is especially suitable in the construction of three to five star hotels and retirement villages.

The modular units are also constructed and fitted out as stand alone or integrated units for remote housing in mining towns, emergency housing and also for defence and industrial applications.

To ensure a quite environment within Futurebilt’s Modular units the walls and ceiling incorporate the patented QuietWave® acoustic membrane from Acoustica®. With this unique visco-elastic membrane the wall construction of the Modular Building System achieves the highest rating of sound transmission loss (STL) of Rw 63dB with the smallest building footprint.

PROCESSING

Fine Grinding, where ball mills, hammer mills, pin mills, jet mills etc. have been traditionally used.

DevourX Pty Ltd www.devourX.com

DevourX machines replicate nature by reproducing the forces of a tornado or cyclone. The cyclonic power is controlled and can be harnessed for numerous purposes.

Although purpose built for fine grinding applications, it is suitable for most applications where mechanical hammers or crushers are presently used and can also be used to remove moisture from material.

The DevourX machines are installed in 40 foot shipping containers and the extreme noise generated by processing and crushing of rock provided significant acoustic challenges.

Acoustica were consulted by DevourX who developed a special product that was installed on the internal surfaces of the container.

Acoustica also supplies to DevourX customers a special acoustic insulation system for feed hoppers and piping to the DevourX containerised machine.

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Excellence in Innovative Product or Service Award. Recognition for the World Premiere of Acoustica's new Fire Proofing System.

In 1991 Acoustica® was the first to introduce polyester sound and thermal insulating materials to Australia. This breakthrough with polyesters revolutionised the industry by overcoming health and recycling issues associated with the then existing products.

Since 2003, Acoustica® has developed a replacement for PVC products based on organic (food waste) products, which is 100% environmentally friendly, yet extremely durable.

Acoustica has also developed a high performance drywall noise barrier, which is revolutionary for the industry as it delivers six-star acoustic performance, a class above the BCA requirements, from the thinnest possible wall. QuietWave® wall system provides a saving of 50% in the width of the wall against a comparable 6 star rated wall system. m² of floor-space is gained for every 6.6 m length of wall, reducing the overall footprint of the apartment block.

Acoustica’s latest development is a new fire-coating and fire-product which is not only completely fire-proof, but 100% ‘green,’ requires very little energy to produce, and contains very little ‘embodied energy.’

Acoustica has been nominated as a finalist in the Western Sydney Industry Awards 2007 in recognition of these developments.

Philippe Ressos, Acoustica's Marketing and Project Development Manager (second from the right),
accepts the nomination on behalf of Acoustica.

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Williamstown, Vic

Via their exclusive Australian and New Zealand marine distributor, Gineico Marine, Acoustica have been awarded the contract by Tenix Defense for the supply of acoustic insulation for the OPV vessels for the New Zealand Navy.

Hemmant, Qld

Warren Yachts have just completed the installation of Acoustica’s patented Vybar marine acoustic insulation in their latest production of three luxury 87foot Warren S87 Yachts. 

Dorset , United Kingdom

The first order has been received For Aquamarine 3D acoustic insulation from the British luxury motor yacht builder, Sunseeker.

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Lane Cove Tunnel, Commonwealth Games Village & Surry Hills Terraces

The builders of the 2006 Commonwealth Games Village and the contractors for the Sydney Lane Cove Tunnel project along with the occupiers of inner city Surry Hills terraces all had a common problem to overcome. To shut noise out, but let fresh air in.

The final link in Sydney’s orbital road network, the construction of the twin 3.2km Lane Cove tunnel and addition of two lanes to the Gore Hill Freeway was subject to stringent conditions covering management of water and air quality, noise, dust control and other environmental aspects.

One hundred and fifty residences required acoustic treatment under the Operational Noise Management Plan. With doors and windows of residences sealed to keep noise out, the joint venture contractors Theiss John Holland engaged the Sydney Acoustic materials manufacturer and supplier, Acoustica Pty Ltd, to supply fresh air to these sealed residences.

To provide fresh air yet keep noise out , Acoustica installed the RTA approved Aeropac dual function ventilator. The Aeropac noise absorbing ventilator takes in outside air, removes engine emissions and pollutants with it’s active carbon filter, absorbs airborne noise and silently provides a healthy supply of clean fresh air. The energy efficient Aeropac consumes only 9 watts of power with an air change of 130m3/hr

The Lane Cove tunnel project follows on the heels of the installation of Aeropac units for portable accommodation units at the Commonwealth Games Village. Acoustica’s Aeropac units were installed to absorb road noise and pollutants from the Tullamarine Freeway and provide a healthy supply of clean fresh air.

In Surry Hills the external and internal components of the Aeropac noise absorbing ventilator were mounted either side of a glass wall rather than being interconnected by a tube through the wall and cavity.

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