Calculation of noise in residential environments

Koziel, Z; Peris, E; Woodcock, JS; Sica, G; Moorhouse, AT; Waddington, DC

Abstract

The DEFRA funded project “Human Response to Vibration in Residential Environments” investigates relationships between human response in residential areas, primarily in terms of annoyance, and combined effects from exposure to vibration and noise. This paper focuses on the results from the analysis of noise exposure in this study, in particular from construction work and railway traffic. The exposures for railway traffic noise sources were obtained and calculated according to a routine based on Calculation of Railway Noise (Department of Transport 1995) and “Additional railway noise source terms for 'Calculation of Railway Noise (2007)” (Department of Transport 2007). On the other hand, exposure from construction work was calculated based on measurements of the various sources at different locations. This paper compares noise exposures from those sources in terms of level of noise, frequency content, distance from source to receiver, and the environment in which residents are exposed to noise and the reported annoyance. To conclude, the paper shows the relationships between noise exposure from the different vibration sources and annoyance. [Work funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) UK].

Citation

Koziel, Z., Peris, E., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2011, July). Calculation of noise in residential environments. Presented at 10th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) 2011, London, UK, London

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: 10th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) 2011, London, UK
• Conference Location: London
• Start Date: Jul 24, 2011
• End Date: Jul 28, 2011
• Publication Date: Jul 25, 2011
• Deposit Date: Dec 12, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Publisher URL: http://www.icben.org/
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference