noise maps Articles
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Molding a sounder, safer future for foundries
Jochen Schaal, managing director of SoundPLAN GmbH, and Miguel Ángel Mesa of SoundPLAN Latinoamérica outlines sustainable steps on our road to recoveryTwo 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 ...
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Making improvements to noise control in production plants
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 ...
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Smart environmental solutions for a changing chemical landscape
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 ...
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Environmental Noise - Case Study
The Client Dublin City Council are responsible for the running of Dublin city. Council staff manage all areas of city governance including planning, transportation and the environment. Part of these duties include measuring and managing environmental noise throughout the city and minimising exposure to noise pollution for Dublin’s 525,000 residents. The city’s environmental team ...
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Noise Testing and Noise Dosimetry for Industrial Facilities
Hearing Conservation Program Whether they are subjected to constant din or sporadic bursts of loud sounds throughout the day, employees in noisy workplaces are at risk of permanent damage to their hearing and employers face possible OSHA citations. For a noisy workplace, establishing a Hearing Conservation Program is imperative to protecting both employee health and employer liability. This ...
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Hearing Loss for Workers is Preventable
Hearing Loss In The Workplace In the U.S., OSHA has set regulations on worker noise exposure. The usual sound measurements method is to use a noise dosimeter attached to a worker that measures noise exposure as the person moves about the work area. However, this does nothing to identify the source and location of the noise. It also does not address non-OSHA noise issues such as community noise, ...
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Noise Maps
In the U.S., OSHA has set regulations on worker noise exposure. The specific regulations are 29 CFR 1910.95 for industry and 29 CFR 1926.52 for construction. The usual measurement method is to use a portable noise dosimeter attached to a worker that measures noise exposure as the person moves about the work area. However, this does nothing to identify the source and location of the noise. It also ...
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Noise Survey for OSHA Compliance
OSHA requires a noise dosimetry survey to determine if workers are exposed to noise that could damage their hearing. To satisfy OSHA’s requirement for Noise Surveys (29CFR1910.94 for General Industry, 29CFR1926.52 for Construction) involves attaching a noise dosimeter to a worker for a work shift when there is a possibility that person and persons performing similar tasks may be exposed to ...
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Noise Testing to Prevent Hearing Loss and Achieve OSHA Compliance
It has been clearly established that exposure to noise in the workplace over an extended period of time can lead to hearing loss. Noise exposure above 90 dB at a job can definitely lead to hearing loss. In fact, exposure at or above 85 dB is likely to lead to permanent hearing loss in some individuals. OSHA requires a noise dosimetry survey to determine if workers are exposed to noise that could ...
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I Need A Noise Dosimetry Survey for OSHA Compliance
OSHA requires a noise dosimetry survey to determine if workers are exposed to noise that could damage their hearing. This is more than just using a sound level meter to take some noise readings. A noise dosimeter is actually worn by the worker for a shift. This enables a true evaluation of a worker’s noise exposure as he/she moves about the workplace. The noise dosimeter is worn for a full ...
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I Need a Hearing Conservation Program – What Should I Do?
The regulation that involves Hearing Conservation and Noise Reduction is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the Health Education and Welfare Department (HEW) of the Federal Government in the U.S. The specific regulations covering noise exposure to workers in American Industry are: General Industry 29CFR1910.95 Construction 29CFR1926.52 The specific noise regulation ...
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Cirrus helps music festival keep the peace with local residents - Case study
With the summer season in full swing, people up and down the country are travelling far and wide to attend the year’s biggest music festivals. What better way is there to enjoy this glorious British summer than to venture off to enjoy a few days of fantastic music, surrounded by your favourite people? Music festivals are synonymous with British summer but as fun as they may be, they can, if ...
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Optimus Green helps to bale out Festival - Case study
Recently at the Ravenstonedale Festival in the heart of Cumbria, a rather unusual method of noise control was implemented when it seemed the local acoustics were conspiring against the organisers. The UK is renowned for its rich heritage in hosting outdoor festivals, whether it be music or literary, through to farming, food or catering to even more niche audiences. But every festival is unique ...
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doseBadge and optimus red – experts in their field! - Case study
The largest greenfield festival in the world posed a challenge where innovative tactics were employed to ensure that noise measurements were accurate and valid. End user Richard Willson, Noise at Work Consultant for TESS, The Event Safety Shop. Richard is one of the UK’s most experienced festival noise specialists having worked on some of the UK’s most prestigious events such as ...
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Ready for the future with CNOSSOS-EU!
The Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC which appeared in 2002 raised the question among those who are “experts in noise” how noise mapping and noise action planning should be implemented throughout Europe. They all agreed that, in view of the completely different calculation methods in the European countries, the calculation results reached and exposure figures collected would ...
By Wölfel Group
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A holiday from noise pollution
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 ...
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NoiseAtWork - A fit for purpose tool for making contour maps based on measurements
We often turn to complex general purpose interpolation software in order to make contour maps out of our measurements. Yet now there is an easy to use, fit for purpose and cost efficient solution. NoiseAtWork will significantly reduce the time you need to get your maps done. The Bio plotter I started at DGMR in 1981 as acoustic consultant. At that time there was no software available for making ...
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Traffic Noise Mapping in Chile
Against this backdrop of economic change, a two-year study got underway across three Chilean cities led by the Univ. Austral. and was supported by the Chilean Ministry of the Environment. Academically titled: “Development and analysis of noise maps of three urban agglomerations using modeling software”, the study concentrated on the Chilean cities of Coquimbo – La Serena, ...
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How does living with aircraft noise affect wellbeing? A study of UK airports
Airports are associated with air and noise pollution and may, therefore, reduce the quality of life of local people. This study assessed the link between aircraft noise and subjective wellbeing, using data from 17 English airports. The authors conclude that living under flight paths has a negative effect on people’s overall wellbeing, equivalent to around half of the effect of being a ...
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Latest noise measurement kit for HSE professionals launched
Pulsar Instruments have introduced their latest noise measurement kit for HSE professionals. This consists of a durable metallic case designed to provide an all-encompassing solution for the measurement of both industrial noise and individual noise exposure at work. The newly launched Pulsar NoisePen personal noise dosemeter can now be combined with Pulsar sound level meters such as from the ...
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