QuietWave^® CMT named in ‘SMART 100’ Index

QuietWave^® CMT has been named one of Australia’s 100 most innovative products, according to 1,600 maven judges, in one of the largest and most audacious innovation awards of its kind in Australia – the ‘SMART 100’ Index.

A revolutionary breast cancer detection test has been named the most innovative product in Australia, heading a list of 100 innovative Australian products celebrated at Anthill Magazine’s inaugural Smart 100 Awards.

About the QuietWave^® CMT

Acoustica’s QuietWave^® the revolutionary visco-elastic membrane has the highest AAAC 6 Star Acoustic Performance rating of any dry wall system.

The 1mm thick QuietWave^® Captive Membrane Technology (CMT) sandwiched between two layers of plasterboard on each wall face replaces up to 40kg/m2 of plasterboard and achieves more Sound Transmission Loss (STL) than any other dry wall system with a saving of 30-50% in dry wall thickness.

Main Features:

• 6 AAAC Star Acoustic Performance
   
• Solid & Secure, sounds like a solid brick 
wall and not like a hollow stud wall
   
• Highly impact resistant
   
• Less weight and thinner walls
   
• Save up to 40kg/m² per wall area

Significant cost benefits:

• The Developer has more useable floor space to sell
   
• The Builder has easier installation, less material handling, no Bridging issues, saving over 35%
   
• The Buyer has more useable floor space, more secure feeling from solid sounding walls and more privacy with the more soundproofed walls

Environmental Benefits:

The environmental improvements achieved with the QuietWave wall system is by way of the direct reduction of the need for 30kg/m2 of plasterboard to achieve the BCA code for adjoining walls. These are:

• Energy saving from the embodied energy of 40kg/m² of plasterboard
   
• Water savings from the embodied water in 40kg/m² of plasterboard
   
• The reduction in overall building size due to the extra floor space available from the significantly thinner walls
   
• The reduction in overall building foundations and structure because of the significantly lighter walls
   
• The reduction in transportation of plasterboard for walls
   
• The reduction in land fill through the plasterboard savings (12% of land fill is plasterboard)
   
• The increased efficiencies in the use of natural resources (Gypsum) - industry wide 17% wastage from manufacture to installation of plasterboard

About the Smart 100

The Awards process spanned over six months and harnessed the power of 1,600 mavens identified by Colmar Brunton to judge the products entered.

“The SMART 100 aims to bring a greater commercial focus to the concept of innovation, returning ownership of the principles surrounding this important word to the private sector,” said James Tuckerman, Founder and Publisher of Anthill Magazine and founder of the ‘SMART 100’ Index. “Most awards rely on the expertise of a select few. The inaugural ‘SMART 100’ employed the knowledge and opinions of over 1,600 ‘maven’ judges,” the Awards process spanned over six months.

The Smart 100 contains representatives from a broad range of industries, proving that Australia has a diverse and robust talent for innovation. Industries represented include medicine and bio-technology, sport, energy, occupational health and safety, textiles, telecommunications, education, art and the environment.

“The word ‘innovation’ means many things to many people. In fact, it is so over-used it is in danger of losing its meaning… and relevance,” said Tuckerman. “As a nation, we are facing new challenges. New ideas are needed to fuel new industries for Australia to remain internationally competitive. The ‘SMART 100’ Index is not just about unearthing these innovations. It is also about market testing the ideas by putting them under the scrutiny of people with a unique ability to gauge their future success.”