Technical Statement
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    
Product Description
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    New Zealand Building Code (NZBC)
                                                                    The product will, if employed in accordance with the supplier's installation and maintenance requirements, assist with meeting the following provisions of the building code:
                                                                    - Clause C3 Fire affecting areas beyond the fire source: Performance  C3.4(a)
 
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Evidence
                                                                    The product meets the requirements set out in the following documents, or relevant parts of cited standards within the documents:
                                                                    Fire Ratings (Testing results for 25mm & 50mm Quietspace® Panel)
ISO 9705: 1993 
Classification: Group 1-S 
Smoke Production Rate: <5.0m2/s 
As required by NZBC C/VM2AS 
ISO 9705 - 2003 
Classification: Group 1 (SMOGRArc): <100m2/s2 
Assessed using methodology AS ISO 9705:2003 in accordance with AS 5637.1:2015, as required by BCA Specification C1.10-4. 
FI 4871 and FAR 4055
EN13501-1:2007 (25mm Quietspace® Panel) 
B - s2, d0 
Report 185157
EN13501-1:2007+A1:2009 (50mm Quietspace® Panel) 
B - s2, d2 
Report WF 336912
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Supporting evidence
                                                                    The product has and can make available the following additional evidence to support the above statements:
                                                                    
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    
Product Criteria
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Design requirements
                                                                    Acoustic Performance
Quietspace® Panels have been engineered to reduce and control reverberated (echo) noise in building interiors.
    
        
            | Quietspace® 25mm Panels                               | 
            Quietspace® 50mm Panels | 
        
        
            | NRC 0.85 | 
            NRC 1.00 | 
        
    
SOUND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS ACCORDING TO ISO 354. UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND ACOUSTICS TESTING SERVICE REPORT 25MM TEST: T0712-18. 50MM TEST: T1228-8.
Fire Ratings
(Testing results for 25mm & 50mm Quietspace® Panel)
ISO 9705: 1993
Classification: Group 1-S
Smoke Production Rate: <5.0m2/s
As required by NZBC C/VM2
AS ISO 9705 - 2003
Classification: Group 1
(SMOGRArc): <100m2/s2
Assessed using methodology AS ISO 9705:2003 in accordance with AS 5637.1:2015, as required by BCA Specification C1.10-4.
FI 4871 and FAR 4055
EN13501-1:2007 (25mm Quietspace® Panel)
B - s2, d0
Report 185157
EN13501-1:2007+A1:2009 (50mm Quietspace® Panel)
B - s2, d2
Report WF 336912
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Installation requirements
                                                                    Please refer to our website for Installation Instructions: 
http://www.autexindustries.com/acoustics/quietspace-panel/
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    Environmental
                                                                    Autex is committed to best practice through our ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified Quality and Environmental Management Systems.
Autex Quietspace Panel contains a minimum of 45%previously recycled polyester fibre (from PET bottle flake). Off-cuts and manufacturing waste are re-used or recycled wherever possible.
Autex Quietspace Panel is manufactured from 100%polyester fibre and does not contain formaldehyde binders. Autex polyester fibres support safer indoor air quality and will not become a potential airborne pollutant.
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    
                                                                        Quality Assurance
                                                                    
                                                                        
                                                                            
                                                                                    
                                                                                        
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					Date last validated: 
                                                                            17 October 2022 | 
					
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					Date last updated: 
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