Measure Payback of Office Acoustics Investment with New ROI Calculator from CISCA

CISCA is introducing the first online ROI calculator to enable business executives to determine the return on an investment in office acoustics. The interactive calculator reinforces CISCA’s focus on providing solutions to commercial contractors for building owners and occupants through actionable education and leadership.  

Today marks the 23rd anniversary of International Noise Awareness Day (INAD). This yearly event was founded by the Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC) in 1996 encouraging people to do something about troublesome noise.  CISCA’s new ROI calculator is doing just that.

"A lot of people don't realize that building acoustics is a science with experts, organizations and effective products. They don't realize that improving the acoustics in their offices is possible and can lead to better overall financial performance of the company," said Gary Madaras, Ph.D., acoustics specialist, ROCKFON.

The most frequent complaint among U.S. office workers about their workspace is noise; it contributes to employee distraction, dissatisfaction and turnover, taking its toll on business productivity and profitability year after year. With CISCA’s ROI calculator, business executives can now measure how an investment in office acoustics can benefit their bottom line.   

"Figuring out how long a payback period would take and what the lasting financial benefits would be thereafter has been a regular guessing game. We’re certain anyone in this trade will be relieved to have an easier way to gain that information," said Shirley Wodynski, executive director, CISCA. 

CISCA’s ROI calculator is an intuitive, web-based application developed in collaboration with Cogent ROI (cogentROI.com). Users enter basic information about their office space, such as square footage and number of employees, and the tool calculates the impact on employee productivity, attendance and retention if acoustics are improved ? as well as return on investment and approximate payback period. Conversely, it also calculates the annual expense to a business, for example, if acoustical improvements included in the design of a new office space are eliminated to save initial construction cost. 

Users can access CISCA’s ROI calculator now at cisca.org/ROIcalc. They can also download a detailed report of the findings to share with other management or project team members.