The built environment is truly only as good as the sum of its parts, and as the demands of the spaces where we live, work, learn, and play increase, the materials and products that comprise them must evolve with those demands. So, too, must the means by which we test, measure, and verify the efficacy of these products.
Across the industry, building products in residential and commercial structures are receiving increasing scrutiny for their life safety performance. On many projects, occupant wellbeing focuses on what inhabitants can see, hear, and feel—the way the design details come together to stir excitement, invoke tranquility, and otherwise appeal to the senses.