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
For me, that would be too much highway! When you walk into the fields there, you are practically surrounded, and since I go for walks every day, that wouldn’t work for me. The area around you looks quite rural; can’t you find a better building site there?
Best regards,
Sabine
Best regards,
Sabine
Good morning everyone, thank you very much for the active participation! In fact, it is unfortunately very difficult to find a good residential development area along the Hamburg <-> Lübeck corridor, since either the prices for this region are very high (Bad Oldesloe, for example, is €340 per square meter (approximately $34 per square foot) – and it doesn’t get any cheaper towards Hamburg) or the available plots are very small building areas or leftover parcels of a single property, also not exactly cheap. Furthermore, we like the idea of being among all new neighbors, so ideally we want to move into a development of a certain size.
Our plan is to visit repeatedly in different weather and wind conditions and use a sound meter app on our phone to “measure” noise levels. I also like the idea of listening carefully in other new housing areas that are further away from highways. When the weather is good, we will also try to speak with the owners of the neighboring plots.
For someone who prefers a complete nature environment close to fields, this area is probably not ideal. However, inside the building, with (sound-insulated) decentralized ventilation, one probably wouldn’t notice it, right? The big question will be how much it bothers us when sitting outside in the summer.
To avoid focusing only on this area, we are currently contacting the municipalities under consideration regarding their residential development plans for the next 1–3 years. From your experience, are there any other or better options?
Best regards,
Chris
Our plan is to visit repeatedly in different weather and wind conditions and use a sound meter app on our phone to “measure” noise levels. I also like the idea of listening carefully in other new housing areas that are further away from highways. When the weather is good, we will also try to speak with the owners of the neighboring plots.
For someone who prefers a complete nature environment close to fields, this area is probably not ideal. However, inside the building, with (sound-insulated) decentralized ventilation, one probably wouldn’t notice it, right? The big question will be how much it bothers us when sitting outside in the summer.
To avoid focusing only on this area, we are currently contacting the municipalities under consideration regarding their residential development plans for the next 1–3 years. From your experience, are there any other or better options?
Best regards,
Chris
For those who worry that noise is making them ill, sound measurements within the audible range offer only limited help. The well-being of residents who have lived in the area for a longer time and the presence of sensitive animal species provide more meaningful information than what a microphone captures. Noise mapping typically focuses primarily on audible noise.
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