Sound predictions in an urban context

Jelmer Niesten, M.J. Tenpierik, Jochen Krimm

Research output: Contribution to journalArticleScientificpeer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)
125 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Recent studies show that environmental noise in urban environments continues to be a great health risk. This noise is especially further transmitted by the hard materials that are mostly used for façades. To predict these effects it is desirable to have a reliable prediction method. There are already several ways to predict sound levels in an urban context. This paper investigates two while focusing specifically on a practical approach to show that the methods are suitable to use during an actual design project. The impact of changing a façade at a specific location is investigated using both prediction methods. A façade which reflects
sound to a location where it has a smaller impact, a sound absorbing façade, and a façade which combines both are taken into consideration. These façade adaptions have the potential to improve the sound levels in the investigated area from 1.7 up to 9.3 dB(A).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)27-52
Number of pages26
JournalBuilding Acoustics
Volume29
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Sound reflections
  • environmental noise
  • façades
  • high-rise
  • urban context

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Sound predictions in an urban context'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this