SoundPLAN GmbH articles

Jochen Schaal, managing director of SoundPLAN GmbH and Michel Rosmolen, director of SoundPLAN Asia, outline developments in room acoustics to improve our environment 

Demand for architectural services in India is increasing, with government initiatives like the Smart Cities Mission[i], encouraging development in the sector. This project aims to harness technology to improve urban development, with a plan to build one hundred smart cities. Another key trend is increasing

Jochen Schaal, managing director of SoundPLAN GmbH, and Miguel Ángel Mesa of SoundPLAN Latinoamérica outlines sustainable steps on our road to recovery

Two years on from the outbreak of COVID and the first lockdown, optimism is in the air and industries are rebuilding. Statistics from Associação Brasileira de Fundição (ABIFA) indicate that the foundry sector in Brazil employed 62,944 people at the end of last year; 12.1% more than in the same month of the previous ye

Jochen Schaal, managing director of SoundPLAN GmbH and Michel Rosmolen, director of SoundPLAN Asia, outline opportunities for the sector to soundly improve our environment

Manufacturing is one of the high growth sectors in India. The India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) reports that the country’s ranking, in terms of most sought after manufacturing destination in the world, has climbed to the third spot, up from its fourth position the previous year.[i] With the help of

Jochen Schaal, managing director of SoundPLAN GmbH and Michel Rosmolen, director of SoundPLAN Asia outline opportunities for the sector to soundly improve our environment

Like many sectors, the chemical industry within India and globally, is adapting to a number of challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting shortages in materials and economic turbulence, has hit industries hard. There is growing impetus to tackle pollution from hazardous wastes, including chemical fertil

Jochen Schaal, Managing Director at SoundPLAN GmbH – a market leader in sound and air pollution mapping software – looks at the developments in understanding and mitigating nuisance noise at open air events. 

Introduction

Music festivals have been popular for decades, with millions of attendees across the globe at events such as Lollapalooza in Argentina and Chile, Glastonbury in England or Coachella in the United States, to name but a few. Part

A holiday from noise pollution

Tourism is one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world and offers significant benefits, but among the many challenges the industry faces is protecting the local population, environment, and the travellers themselves, from excessive noise.

The modes of transport (especially planes and cars) and mass arrivals at airports, railway stations, and ports and harbours, mark just the beginning of the tourist-related noise issue

Industrial sites such as refineries and factories will always be noisy, but with millions of people across the world occupationally exposed to hazardous noise, and noise-related hearing loss listed as one of the most prevalent occupational health concerns, what can be done about it? Arne Berndt, owner / adviser at SoundPLAN GmbH and SoundPLAN International LLC – a market leader in sound and air pollution mapping software – explains how properly planning and mitigating noise emissi