Since this standard was released, there has been a growing consensus in the education community that acoustics can and should be better addressed in schools. The standard provides specific performance criteria, the rationale behind the criteria, and a thorough appendix outlining implementation strategies. Key areas of concern are noise from mechanical systems, transportation noise, noise from adjacent classrooms, and noise from learning equipment within the classroom.

A complementary copy of this standard can now be obtained from three manufacturers (Armstrong Ceiling Systems, illbruck Architectural Products, and Trane).