noise abatement News
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Why Why Why – No Delilah?
Christmas might be a bit quieter this year for some Lancashire residents after noisy neighbours were stripped of their karaoke machine by Noise Nuisance officers. Police joined the Pendal Council officers following complaints loud music and loud singing on a daily basis, and two large televisions, a DVD player, speakers and a karaoke system were seized from the house. Following an initial ...
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Schiphol Takes Community Engagement To The Next Level with Casper Noise Lab
msterdam Airport Schiphol is the first airport to implement Casper Noise Lab with the launch of the new NOMOS Online website. Casper Noise Lab is the first of its kind, presenting relevant operational and statistical information about flight movements and noise effects in an interactive and educational way. By choosing Casper Noise Lab Schiphol has demonstrated to take community engagement to ...
By Casper BV
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Council and European Parliament agree on updated rules for the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at EU airports
The member states' permanent representatives today endorsed the compromise reached between the Council and the European Parliament concerning a regulation which harmonises and strengthens rules on how authorities take decisions to set operating restrictions at EU airports to limit nuisance from aircraft noise. The rules are based on principles agreed by the International Civil Aviation ...
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Launch Casper Noise Lab
Improve communication and get more effect from your noise monitoring system while reducing reporting costs. Casper launches a new product to improve community relations, Casper Noise Lab. Airports spend a lot of time and money on the implementation of noise abatement procedures. Annoyance by aircraft noise however is caused by both acoustic factors and non-acoustic factors. Besides the actual ...
By Casper BV
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Berlin park wins award for its soundscape design
A city park in Berlin has won the European Soundscape Award for its innovative design which cuts traffic noise and creates a more attractive acoustic environment. The prize, presented at a ceremony in London by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Noise Abatement Society (NAS), is intended to raise awareness of the health impacts of noise and recognise initiatives that help create more ...
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ASTM E1110 - 06(2011) Standard Classification for Determination of Articulation Class
Each weighting factor given in Table 1 represents the fraction of overall speech intelligence contained within the associated one-third octave frequency band. The weighting factors in Table 1 are obtained by multiplying each individual one-third octave band weighting factor of ANSI S3.5-1969 by 300. Articulation class (AC) values are ...
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Cutting noise with quiet asphalt and traffic lane management
Noise pollution affects many Europeans, and for some, it is not only a nuisance - it can also trigger serious disease. Tuesday evening, at a prestigious ceremony in London, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Noise Abatement Society (NAS) presented the European Soundscape Award for the first time to raise awareness and recognise initiatives that help reduce noise levels. The winner was ...
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Proactive noise protection saves money and trouble - Traffic noise remains serious environmental problem
Dessau-Roßlau, 26 April 2011. Road traffic remains the greatest source of noise, according to the latest noise survey by the Federal Environment Agency, which polled 70,000 participants. The survey says that road traffic noise and aviation noise are the most annoying. "Efforts to protect the public from traffic noise are not yet adequate in Germany. There are still too many people who ...
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