noise control News

The Institute of Acoustics (IOA) has recorded the highest ever percentage of merits ever obtained for its Postgraduate Diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control. At the end of the 2007/8 Diploma year, nearly 40% of the 170 students on the General Principles of Acoustics (GPA) Module obtained a merit. Distance Learning students did particularly well over the three Centres in Bristol, Edinburgh and ...

Sep. 22, 2008

By Institute of Acoustics (IOA)

OPSIS attends Air Quality & Noise Control. Together with our distributor AES we are in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Visit us to discuss air quality monitoring. Get more information about the exhibition here. ...

Nov. 23, 2016

By Opsis AB

Air pollution is the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Unprecedented infrastructure activities, industrialization and heavy traffic are the main threats which increase the risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Noise-monitoring stations have been installed across the UAE to control the sound level in the cities. Restrictions were imposed on working hours and the ...

Sep. 19, 2016

By Advanced Conferences & Meetings FZ-LLC

Our company has carried out the selection and successful supply of the Vibration control products in MEP Equipment of the Hellenic Museum of Contemporary Art. The Hellenic Museum of Contemporary Art is one of the most prestigious projects of the recent years. It has been an international standards project with a lot of attention to all levels for this reason the optimum vibration reduction method ...

Oct. 2, 2014

By ALPHA ACOUSTIKI Ltd.

Advanced Conferences & Meetings (ACM) proudly launched the 2nd Annual Air Quality & Noise Control GCC today at Eastern Mangroves Abu Dhabi, UAE. This event constitutes a platform for the regulators, industry stakeholders, air monitoring and noise control equipment and solution providers. The 2nd Annual Air Quality & Noise Control GCC brought together environmental experts from ...

Nov. 24, 2016

By Advanced Conferences & Meetings FZ-LLC

New noise awareness course added We are delighted to announce that an additional Noise Awareness training course has been added to the 2015 schedule. The 'Pulsar Noise Awareness competency course’ is intended to meet the needs of those new to workplace noise measurements and will help attendees learn about basic acoustic theory and understand the measurement process. Noise-induced hearing ...

Jul. 9, 2015

By Pulsar Instruments Plc

Do you know someone who is doing something to create a healthy soundscape in your working environment, neighbourhood or municipality—implementing innovative solutions to noise problems or creating quiet green areas where the sounds of birds and bees can be enjoyed? If so, encourage them to apply for the European Soundscape Award 2012 which is open for submission from 25 April, the ...

Apr. 25, 2012

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

The Government has published its proposals for changes to the night flights regime for Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, the only three airports in the UK at which the Government imposes noise controls. The Government sets caps on the number of aircraft movements and on the total permitted ‘quota count’ (QC) both of which can act to limit night noise. Under the quota count system, each ...

Jan. 13, 2017

By A.E.F. S.r.l.

Casella hasn’t rested on its laurels since it launched the CEL-200 series of sound level meters last year to help H&S professionals comply with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005). The introduction of the CEL-242 and CEL-246 brings new capability to the range, which now stands at four instruments. The new models can store time history onto an onboard memory capable of logging ...

Jul. 9, 2009

By Casella

Casella CEL is staging a one-day event on workplace noise and regulatory compliance aimed at health and safety professionals from the entertainment business and general industry. Called the Workplace and Entertainment Noise Seminar, the event will be addressed by the HSE Laboratory physicist who did much of the research upon which Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 are based. Liz Brueck, ...

Feb. 10, 2009

By Casella

Innovative and award winning noise control technology developed by the Industrial Noise and Vibration Centre (INVC) has been used to reduce the drone from industrial fans at an oil refinery in the USA at 20% of the cost of conventional silencers (a saving estimated to be around $1 million) – and with reduced running costs. INVC’s quiet fan technology – which employs innovative ...

Jan. 1, 2013

By Industrial Noise and Vibration Centre

INTER-NOISE 2017, the 46th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, will be held in Hong Kong, China, between 27 and 30 August 2017. The Congress is organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in conjunction with NVH Branch, Society of Automotive Engineering China and the Acoustical Society of China. We are proud to ...

Jul. 31, 2017

By Wölfel Group

Cirrus Research is proud to be a Key Sponsor of the Institute of Acoustics, the UK’s professional body for those working in acoustics, noise and vibration. The Institute of Acoustics was formed in 1974 from the amalgamation of the Acoustics Group of the Institute of Physics and the British Acoustical Society (a daughter society of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers). As Key Sponsors, ...

Apr. 1, 2014

By Cirrus Research plc

New software is available for those who may not have in-depth knowledge of acoustics but want accurate results of a noise calculation in the smallest amount of time, with the maximum amount of professionalism. SoundPLAN-essential was conceived with this in mind. SoundPLAN-essential is a compact version of SoundPLAN, known for its power, fast data processing and graphics. It is said ...

Nov. 2, 2006

By SoundPLAN GmbH

Do you want to make some noise about your campaign for a quiet environment? Or do you want to show others how your community solved a noise problem and created a healthier soundscape? The European Soundscape Award 2013 aims to draw attention to these kinds of projects. Exposure to environmental noise – defined as unwanted or harmful sound – is not only annoying, it can also lead to ...

Apr. 24, 2013

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Braunstein + Berndt GmbH announce the release of their newly developed Dynamic Search calculation method. Dynamic Search estimates the contribution for each receiver and ranks the influence of all sources. Only the sources important to the final result of a receiver are calculated; the rest are estimated. By dynamically selecting the sources that need to be calculated versus estimated, more data ...

Aug. 21, 2009

By SoundPLAN GmbH

Leading global specialist in industrial hygiene and occupational health monitoring equipment, Casella CEL (www.casellameasurement.com; 01234 844100), has held a new one-day course offering an introduction-come-refresher on workplace noise in accordance with the UK ‘Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005’. Designed to help those whose role requires them to protect employees from ...

Jan. 10, 2013

By Casella

Cirrus Research, experts in the creation and production of noise measurement instruments, has recently appointed Kevin Worth as Business Development Manager. Kevin started his career in noise whilst working for the Environmental Health (Environmental Protection) team at Blackpool Borough Council; duties were varied and involved investigating many noise nuisance complaints. Catching the ...

Nov. 21, 2012

By Cirrus Research plc

Make noise at work your priority The function of Health and Safety management is challenging and covers a number of areas which demand attention. As professionals we are constantly reminded that, in this area of work, noise levels measurement is only one of the many tasks that need to be implemented to achieve compliance in the workplace. However, it is important to make noise at work ...

Sep. 9, 2014

By Pulsar Instruments Plc

The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 (Noise Regulations) will come into force for the music and entertainment sectors on 6th April bringing them in line with all other sectors where the regulations have been in force since April 2006. The noise regulations will now apply to pubs and clubs, amplified live music events, orchestras and other premises where live music or recorded music is ...

Apr. 7, 2008

By Health and Safety Executive (UK)