The network in brief
- Sustainable Acoustics is a cross-industry innovation network focusing on resource-efficient acoustic solutions. The network partners pursue the common goal of reducing noise, designing sound quality in a targeted manner, and minimizing material, energy, and emission impacts throughout the life cycle. Interdisciplinary expertise and practical demonstrations are intended to result in forward-looking products, systems, and processes.
Background to the network concept
- Acoustic pollution affects health, performance, and safety. At the same time, sustainability requirements are increasing, for example through circular economy, CO2 reduction, material transparency, and low-emission production. In many applications, classic acoustic solutions face conflicting goals: high insulation is often achieved through mass, complex composites, or materials that are difficult to separate. In addition, new technologies such as drones, electric drives, and compact machines generate different noise signatures that cannot always be controlled using familiar approaches. The network aims to develop new material systems, design principles, active and passive components, and digital development and measurement methods that systematically combine acoustic performance and sustainability.
Goals of the Sustainable Acoustics Innovation Network
- Technological innovation: Development of novel approaches and technologies for sustainable acoustics, from material development and design principles to active control with low energy consumption.
- Support from idea to application: From the concept phase through prototypes and testing to the transfer to marketable solutions, each with defined metrics, reference scenarios, and acceptance criteria.
- Collaborative expertise: Cooperation between manufacturers, developers, testing laboratories, research institutions, and users from the construction, industry, mobility, consumer goods, and infrastructure sectors.
- From research to practice: Demonstration projects enable transfer to real-world conditions, for example in production environments, vehicles, devices, urban spaces, or indoor areas with high requirements for speech intelligibility.
Your advantages as a network partner:
- Networking and cooperation: Collaboration with technology and industry players through regular networking meetings.
- Research and development: Support in initiating and implementing R&D projects.
- Funding: Advice and support in selecting and applying for suitable funding programs.
- Market positioning: Increasing awareness through joint public relations work and showcases.
- Exclusive resources: Access to market partner platform, job exchange, and newsletter
- Know-how and expertise:
- Exchange of experience: Exchange with experts, lectures, and thematic deep dives
- Methods and standards: Orientation toward measurement standards, test plans, and evaluation metrics
- Access to experts: Support from research partners, testing infrastructure, and network management
- Information flow: Newsletter with relevant trends, projects, and events
Marketing and sales support:
- Image and branding: Positioning as an innovator and sustainability leader
- Strategic contacts: Connections to partners, pilot customers, and user groups
- Communication: Support in presenting benefits, metrics, and sustainability advantages
- Marketability: Support in transforming prototypes into robust applications
Press and PR
- Visibility: Press releases, newsletters, and specialist articles
- Online presence: Partner profile on the network website
- Social media: Wide reach through the network’s social media accounts Events: Presentations at specialist events and networking formats
Are you interested in joining our network? Then please feel free to contact us: Contact
