Effect on the acoustic comfort of vibrations produced in urban environment in housing

Abstract

The problem of noise in buildings located in our cities not only comes from the transmission of it by air, which is known as airborne noise, but also by indirect transmission through the structure of the buildings and their enclosures, called structureborne noise or vibrations. For this second type, it is necessary to realize that is not only the building's installations that generate vibrations, but that the urban setting also produces them. The main objective of this work is to study the real influence that vibrations from the surrounding environment have on a building's acoustic comfort. In order to quantify this incidence, a series of tests of structureborne and airborne noise are being carried out in finished residential buildings that have not yet been occupied. Among the factors to consider when analyzing the obtained results are the different environments in which buildings are set: proximity to highways, railways, etc. From the study and processing of the data obtained and the different environments studied, the existence and real magnitude of the problem will be shown. © INTER-NOISE 2019 MADRID - 48th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering. All Rights Reserved.