Daniel C. Bruck, Ph.D., LEED® AP
Experience
- Vice-Chair, USGBC Interior Environmental Quality Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
- Chair, USGBC Acoustics Committee
- Working Group Member, ANSI S12.60-2002 Classroom Acoustics Standard
- Key contributor, Washington Sustainable Schools Protocol (WSSP)
Dan has been a consultant in architectural and environmental acoustics for more than 20 years, and has served as president of BRC since 1995. Dan's technical specialties are architectural acoustics design and environmental noise control, with projects that include auditoriums, industrial facilities, recording studios, schools, and performing arts facilities. His expertise also includes noise/vibration control and sound isolation for industrial facilities, multi-family dwellings, recording studios, and performing arts centers. Dan has served on the faculties of Cornish College of the Arts and the Art Institute of Seattle, has guest lectured at Seattle Pacific University and Washington State University, and is currently a faculty member at Bellevue College. His research includes concert hall acoustics from the performer’s perspective, and studies of loudness perception.
Dan is instrumental in the development of acoustical credits for the U.S. Green Building Council as Chair of the Committee for Acoustics, and serves as Vice-Chair for the Interior Environmental Quality Technical Advisory Group (TAG). He was a key contributor to the acoustical section and credits in the Washington Sustainable Schools Protocol (WSSP), and was a member of the working group that developed the ANSI Standard 12.60 – 2002 for acoustical design in schools. He is a frequent contributor to technical publications, professional & technical society conferences, and continuing education programs for architects and other design professionals.
2008 – present: Faculty at Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA, teaching architectural acoustics for students in interior design, music, dance, and theater.
1992 – 1999: Faculty at Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, taught undergraduate courses in Physics of Sound and Space, and Physics of Color and Light. Topics included sound production, wave propagation, concert hall acoustics, sound intensity and measurement, and psychoacoustics.
Education
- Ph.D. (Acoustics), University of Washington
- Master of Arts, Music Acoustics, University of Washington
- Bachelor of Arts, Music Performance, Berklee College of Music, Boston
Publications & Presentations
- Impact Sound Transmission Through Floor/Ceiling Assemblies in Lightweight Wood Framed Construction, NoiseCon 2007 proceedings,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering. - Acoustics and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - Current Status and Future Directions, InterNoise 2009 proceedings,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering. - A Case Study: Sound Control in a Live Music/Residential Adjacency, InterNoise 2009 proceedings, Institute of Noise Control Engineering
- A Green Pathway to Classroom Acoustics, AIA South Atlantic Regional Conference, 2009
- When Sound Takes the Stage, Seattle Architecture Foundation presentation at the Moore Theatre, 2009
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