Read the STI before the level
Every area’s speech intelligibility is checked against an STI of 0.60 (IEC 60268-16), with its noise floor and reverberation in the calculation. In an office, that is the number that says whether the system works.
Office template
Speech-friendly music, and Wi-Fi in every room.
The office template opens an open-plan floor, a meeting room and a reception with speakers, three access points and a camera, already calculated. Start there, then tune each room for speech.
Office demo
Drawn to scale · 1 m grid
Open plan12 × 10 m
Meeting room5 × 4 m
Reception4 × 4 m
- Areas at their real proportions, 1 m apart, as the template lays them out
- Access point
- Camera
the template
What Office demo sets up when it opens.
Open plan, meeting room and reception: speech-friendly BGM and full Wi-Fi. It opens as a project of its own with three areas at these sizes, every calculation done. Treat the values as a starting point, not a recommendation for your site.
- 3 areas
- 156 m² of floor in all
- 3 access points, in the open plan, meeting room and reception
- 1 camera, in the open plan
| Area | Size | Floor | Ceiling | Ear height | RT60 | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open plan | 12 × 10 m | 120 m² | 2.8 m | 1.2 mseated | 0.5 s | 85 dB |
| Meeting room | 5 × 4 m | 20 m² | 2.8 m | 1.2 mseated | 0.4 s | 85 dB |
| Reception | 4 × 4 m | 16 m² | 2.8 m | 1.7 mstanding | 0.5 s | 85 dB |
Open plan12 × 10 m
- Floor
- 120 m²
- Ceiling
- 2.8 m
- Ear height
- 1.2 m, seated
- RT60
- 0.5 s
- Target
- 85 dB
Meeting room5 × 4 m
- Floor
- 20 m²
- Ceiling
- 2.8 m
- Ear height
- 1.2 m, seated
- RT60
- 0.4 s
- Target
- 85 dB
Reception4 × 4 m
- Floor
- 16 m²
- Ceiling
- 2.8 m
- Ear height
- 1.7 m, standing
- RT60
- 0.5 s
- Target
- 85 dB
design notes, 06
Designing an office: speech, ceilings and Wi-Fi.
Meeting rooms want less level
The template starts its meeting room at 85 dB and 0.4 s. The Meeting room preset suggests 76 dB over 42 dBA of noise, an RT60 of 0.6 s and Nice SC2-IC6 ceiling speakers. Use the preset, or type the RT60 the room measures.
Low ceilings ask for more speakers
The template’s ceilings are 2.8 m with seated ears at 1.2 m, which leaves 1.6 m of throw. Each ceiling speaker covers a smaller circle at ear height than it would in a taller room, so the advisor asks for more of them.
Reverberation blurs words
A long RT60 smears speech before it makes a room loud. Set the finishes so the tool can estimate RT60 from the materials, or type a measured value; the treatment advisor gives the square metres of absorption a lively room needs.
Wi-Fi in every area
The template places three access points, one in each area. Read each area’s coverage and its weakest spot in the results, or set a coverage target from 80 to 100% and let auto-place position just enough access points to meet it.
Paging and zones
Each zone carries its own source and level, with paging set in the zones table. An announcement has to be understood wherever it plays, so check the STI in every zone it reaches.
venue presets, 14
The rooms you add start from fourteen presets.
Pick a venue preset when you add an area, and it fills in the target, RT60, noise floor and spacing, then places the recommended speaker and any subwoofer. Every value stays editable.
- Background noise the preset assumes, dBA
- Suggested target, dB SPL
- The template’s own targets
- The preset for offices in full colour
- Meeting room76 dBover 42 dBA
- Bedroom78 dBover 30 dBA
- Dining room80 dBover 40 dBA
- Bathroom80 dBover 40 dBA
- Living room82 dBover 35 dBA
- Play room84 dBover 45 dBA
- Kitchen84 dBover 50 dBA
- Coffee shop85 dBover 62 dBA
- Garden88 dBover 55 dBA
- Outdoor patio88 dBover 60 dBA
- Restaurant88 dBover 68 dBA
- Sports bar92 dBover 74 dBA
- Gym / fitness98 dBover 78 dBA
- Small club102 dBover 80 dBA
| Venue preset | Target | RT60 | Noise | Spacing | Recommended speaker | Subwoofer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting room | 76 dB | 0.6 s | 42 dBA | Even | Nice SC2-IC6in ceiling, in wall | None |
Meeting room76 dB
- RT60
- 0.6 s
- Noise
- 42 dBA
- Spacing
- Even
- Subwoofer
- None
- Recommended speaker
- Nice SC2-IC6, in ceiling or in wall
The Meeting room preset is the one office room among the fourteen. Open-plan floors and receptions start from the template’s own values.
disciplines
What the template places, and what you add.
AudioIn the template
Speech-friendly music and paging, laid out by the Coverage Advisor.
Wi-FiIn the template
Three access points, one in each area, with a signal map per band.
CCTVIn the template
One camera to start, in the open plan.
VideoAdd when the job needs it
Displays for the meeting rooms; auto-design picks an HDBaseT matrix or AV over IP.
ControlAdd when the job needs it
An ELAN controller with touch panels per room, sized for the devices on the job.
what you hand over, 06
From the same project, for the client and the installer.
Prepare reports opens each report with an introduction for the venue type. For offices and meeting rooms, pick Commercial, meeting rooms and offices for the audio report.
For the client
System reports
A branded PDF for audio, video, control, Wi-Fi, CCTV, wiring or the rack, or all of them in one.
Client proposalPremium for dealers
Your cover image, grouped by area and priced, with labour, tax, terms and a signature block.
Client handover
A PDF, or a ZIP with the drawings and the equipment, cable and commissioning schedules.
- ZIP
For the installer
Wiring drawings
The system diagram for the client, and the port-level schematic with a numbered connection schedule.
- PNG
Rack elevation
Front and rear, with the PDU outlets, the power budget, heat and weight.
- DXF
- PNG
For the office
Priced bill of materials
The BOM with the speaker installation schedule, the cable schedule and a pull schedule per run.
- CSV
questions
About the office template.
Does it check speech intelligibility?
Yes. Every area’s STI is checked against a target of 0.60 (IEC 60268-16). Predictions are a planning baseline, not a guarantee: confirm with an STI check on site.
Can it plan the meeting-room displays?
Yes. Add a TV, LED screen or projector per area and run auto-design: it picks an HDBaseT matrix or AV over IP from Netvio parts and adds them to the rack and the bill of materials.
Which report introduction suits an office?
The audio report offers a Commercial introduction for meeting rooms and offices. Pick it in Prepare reports before you generate the preview.
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