Source: The Journal.ie North Dublin apartment block given green light despite objection from local pub A FIVE STOREY apartment block development on Dublin’s Northside has been given the green light by Dublin City Council after being previously rejected by An Bord Pleanála. Permission for the apartment block at Cross Guns Bridge in Phibsborough was overturned last [...]
UPDATED: July 1, 2020 at 5:44 a.m. Source: The Mercury News. The Golden Gate Bridge district began plans this week to study a new noise emanating from the bridge that can be heard for miles on gusty days. The sound is the result of fast northwesterly winds passing through new railings and wind fairings on the [...]
Common Noise Assessment Methods in Europe (CNOSSOS-EU) In accordance with Art. 6.2 of the Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC (END), the European Commission developed Common NOise aSSessment methOdS (CNOSSOS-EU) for road, railway, aircraft and industrial noise to be used after adoption by the Member States for the purpose of strategic noise mapping as required by Article [...]
Tips on communicating through windows during the Covid-19 crisis. We all appreciate the importance of social distancing at this stage, but what do we know about the acoustics of the “new normal” of communicating through windows when visiting neighbours? It seems obvious, but we should all remember that we must have some part of the [...]
A man who stabbed his neighbour through the heart in a row over noise has been jailed for six years. Kevin McGrouther, 51, from Kilsyth, was found guilty after trial of attempting to murder a man by stabbing him once in the chest. The attack took place at 6am on September 18, 2018, at Cedar [...]
Joint Guidance on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Practicality and Reliability of Baseline Sound Level Surveying and the Provision of Sound & Noise Impact Assessments By the Association of Noise Consultants [ANC] and the Institute of Acoustics [IOA] Version 2, 24th March 2020 Introduction The level of concern across the United Kingdom in [...]
Three children receive €225,000 settlement over alleged illnesses caused by windfarm near family home. Source: Journal.ie THREE SIBLINGS WHO claimed their family had to abandon their home due to illnesses allegedly caused by a nearby windfarm have secured €225,000 as a settlement of their High Court damages claims. The awards, were part of settlements made [...]
The International Year of Sound is a global initiative to highlight the importance of sound and related sciences and technologies for all in society. The International Year of Sound will consist of coordinated activities on regional, national and international levels. These activities will aim to stimulate the understanding throughout the world of the important role [...]
Lullaby for electric cars: Scientists create a 'tune' that mimics the sounds of a combustion engine to help parents get their babies to fall asleep in 'silent' battery-powered vehicles The 'lullaby' is made up of the usual noises heard in a petrol or diesel engine car It is designed to help babies fall asleep by [...]
The ProPG has been produced to provide practitioners with guidance on a recommended approach to the management of noise within the planning system in England. The Institute of Acoustics, the Association of Noise Consultants and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) have worked together to produce the guidance which encourages better acoustic design for [...]