@article {Herbert:2013:1021-643X:14, title = "Open-office acoustics: History, projects, and standards", journal = "Noise News International", parent_itemid = "infobike://ince/nni", publishercode ="ince", year = "2013", volume = "21", number = "1", publication date ="2013-03-01T00:00:00", pages = "14-19", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "1021-643X", url = "https://ince.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ince/nni/2013/00000021/00000001/art00002", doi = "doi:10.3397/1.37023113", author = "Herbert, R. Kring", abstract = "Historically, open-plan offices were the realm of clerical workers. In the 1960s upgraded open-office environments were introduced for mid-level office workers. Employees in these early open offices were bothered by noise and poor speech privacy. Starting in 1969, I became involved with finding acoustical solutions. This article explains the acoustical challenges with many of the first open-office projects, looks at the acoustical systems modified, and discusses acoustical standards developed by ASTM Committee E33 concerning open-office acoustics. This is an expanded version of a paper given at InterNoise 2012.", }