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A design guide providing practical advice on balancing acoustics, ventilation, and thermal comfort in modern housing.
"The need to reconcile what can be competing demands of sound insulation and ventilation has been one of the challenges faced by practitioners in this field for many years."
The document provides guidance on acoustics and ventilation.
The guide addresses concerns about climate change.
The guide provides an integrated approach to sustainable design for both thermal and acoustic comfort.
The guide is for planners, designers, building services engineers, noise control engineers, consultants, and regulators.
The guide was prepared by experts from multiple sectors.
The Association of Noise Consultants took the lead.
The document is titled "Acoustics, Ventilation and Overheating Residential Design Guide".
The Acoustics, Ventilation and Overheating Residential Design Guide provides an integrated approach to sustainable design for both thermal and acoustic comfort in our work and living spaces. The advice is needed in this period of increased urbanisation and the growth of heat islands, increased land costs and the demand for housing resulting, at times, in building closer to highways, industrial processes and flight paths than would be otherwise desirable. It should become the key guide for planners, designers, building services engineers, noise control engineers, consultants and regulators dealing with this issue.
The need to reconcile what can be competing demands of sound insulation and ventilation has been one of the challenges faced by practitioners in this field for many years. The production of this document, which brings together guidance on acoustics and ventilation, is particularly timely given the concerns about climate change and the likely need to adapt our approach to design to account for it.
It has been prepared by experts from all these sectors who have volunteered their valuable time and experience in producing this guide. The Institute of Acoustics gratefully acknowledges the lead taken by the Association of Noise Consultants and is pleased to have been involved in the production of this Guide.
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The Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure (DfI) have consulted on their round 4 Road Noise Action Plan covering 2023 – 28.
Government response to the Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry into Airport Expansion and Climate and nature targets noise recommendations
Considerations of noise and soundscape are embedded in the Natural Resources Wales State of Natural Resources Report 2025.
Outcome of Welsh Government consultation on changes to permitted development rights including air source heat pumps.
A report commissioned by the Department for Business and Industrial Strategy to look at assessment of noise from onshore wind farms is now published.
The Welsh Government are consulting on changes to permitted development rights including air source heat pumps(ASHP).
The Government are seeking views on proposals for changes to the planning process for national infrastructure projects.
As part of their ongoing enquiry into the impact of airport expansion on climate and nature targets, the Environmental Audit Committee will be taking oral evidence tomorrow - Wednesday May 14th.
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