Benefits of Noise Management
Actively managing and designing out noise delivers the following benefits
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fewer noise complaints
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improved health and well being benefits for building occupants including undisturbed sleep and mental wellbeing
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increased productivity in places of work and education
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less need for expensive retrofitting of acoustic insulation
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better quality of life for Hertfordshire residents
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reduced need for remedial acoustic works and costly legal action/business disruption
Positioning of rooms
A - positioning of rooms less sensitive to noise towards stairs, i.e. halls and bathrooms
B - common stairway
Noise insulation
A - use of high density noise plates to dull sound transmission
B - noise sensitive areas located away from sources of external noise, such as building services and traffic
C - bedroom located on quiet side
D - discontinuous building fabric to prevent structure sound transmission