ᐅ New Residential Development – Assessment of Acoustic Survey
Created on: 10 Mar 2017 16:14
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Chris_HL
Hello everyone,
My partner and I have been searching for a plot of land for our new home for quite some time. There is a new development area that meets our criteria in terms of central location, affordability, and size, but unfortunately it lies between two highways (approximately 300m (985 feet) away with noise barriers to the northeast and 600m (1,970 feet) to the northwest – latitude: 53.844413 | longitude: 10.597826).
The local authority commissioned a noise protection study. Measurements were taken at a height of 4m (13 feet) with a 1x1m (3x3 feet) grid. The results show that, in the undeveloped condition, the guideline values according to DIN 18005/2 (55 dBA / 45 dBA) are exceeded, but the daytime limit of 59 dBA for residential areas is still met. At night, the limit of 49 dBA is exceeded, so it is recommended that bedrooms be positioned on the side away from the noise. Further noise protection measures were considered not useful according to the study, as the noise is described as diffuse.
Do you have experience with how noise exposure changes once the area is developed, or how this level of noise might feel?
Can you, from your own experience, assess how reasonable these noise limits are? We have no sense of how much the noise might bother us in the future or affect our health.
We look forward to your responses and assessments.
Best regards and thank you,
Chris
My partner and I have been searching for a plot of land for our new home for quite some time. There is a new development area that meets our criteria in terms of central location, affordability, and size, but unfortunately it lies between two highways (approximately 300m (985 feet) away with noise barriers to the northeast and 600m (1,970 feet) to the northwest – latitude: 53.844413 | longitude: 10.597826).
The local authority commissioned a noise protection study. Measurements were taken at a height of 4m (13 feet) with a 1x1m (3x3 feet) grid. The results show that, in the undeveloped condition, the guideline values according to DIN 18005/2 (55 dBA / 45 dBA) are exceeded, but the daytime limit of 59 dBA for residential areas is still met. At night, the limit of 49 dBA is exceeded, so it is recommended that bedrooms be positioned on the side away from the noise. Further noise protection measures were considered not useful according to the study, as the noise is described as diffuse.
Do you have experience with how noise exposure changes once the area is developed, or how this level of noise might feel?
Can you, from your own experience, assess how reasonable these noise limits are? We have no sense of how much the noise might bother us in the future or affect our health.
We look forward to your responses and assessments.
Best regards and thank you,
Chris
toxicmolotow schrieb:
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Nordlys schrieb:
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Chris_HL schrieb:
Do you have any experience with how noise levels change once the area is developed, or how this noise feels? We live about 500mm (0.5 inches) from the A7. With the right wind, you can hear it as a slight background noise. You can also hear loud individual cars, as mentioned before. In my opinion, it’s not really noticeable.
Whether the area is developed also makes a difference: it’s louder in front of the house than at the back 😀
I would try to get a plot on the far side... although there are people here whose property ends right at the A7—and they seem to be fine living there 😉
Have you ever stood there during the day or at night just to listen? I did that back then and found that even 10km (6 miles) away—in our previous apartment—you could still hear a faint noise from the A7. Otherwise, you don’t really notice it.