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Acoustic comfort assessment

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  • María Ángeles Martín Bravo
  • Paseo del Cauce, 59
    Valladolid, Valladolid (47011)
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  • 983423500
  • 983423490

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  • UniversityUniversidad de Valladolid
  • Center
  • Department-
  • Investigation GroupAcoustic and Applied Vibrations (AVISA)


Description

Acoustic comfort is a subjective concept that depends on several factors, ones inherent to the subject and others related to the type of environment and activity. This research aims at analyzing the different parameters that affect the feeling of acoustic comfort in order to define an indicator that allows to assess said perception. This study is conducted for several environments (classrooms, restaurants, pubs, shops, etc.) using other indicators.


Other information

Number of researchers:

3

Development status:

In research and development phase

Differentiation in the market:

Quality

Applicability of technology:

Yes

Companies and markets:

Acoustic engineering, environmental, architecture and industrial sectors. In the architecture field, both manufacturers of building materials and all the actors involved in the construction process. Local/regional/national administrations may be interested in the work developed by the research group, as one of its strengths is precisely its compliance with the legislation on acoustics in buildings. Local/regional/national administrations may also be interested in the work developed by the research group on environmental acoustics, since most of this field's legislation is recent and the European directive related to environmental noise management is facing changes. Its publication is imminent and it will bring about regulatory, legislative and technological changes in the assessment tools.

Advantages:

Information and awareness.

Additional Information:

Available equipment:
Omnidirectional noise generator
Impact machine
Noise analyzers: 0.1 dB Solo; Brüel & Kjaer Pulse; Brüel & Kjaer 2260 Sonometer; Brüel & Kjaer 2236 Sonometer.
Acoustic calibrators
Semi-anechoic chamber
Strings for acoustic measurements and vibrations
Acoustic image acquisition system based on an array of MEMS microphones
Bachelor's thesis on this field: 
TFG Molestia del Ruido en Zonas de Ocio (Noise nuisance in leisure areas) (July 2015)
PFC Evaluación del confort acústico en distintos ambientes (Acoustic comfort assessment in several environments) (2013)
PFC Confort Acústico: Análisis evaluación y cuantificación (Acoustic comfort: Analysis, assessment and quantification) (June 2012)
Institutional relations:
Grupo de Acústica Ambiental (Environmental Acoustic Group) of CSIC (Spanish National Research Council)
Grupo de Acústica (Acoustic Group) of the Eduardo Torroja Building Sciences Institute (IETcc in its Spanish acronym)
Tecnalia Research & Innovation
Spanish universities, such as the University of Cádiz and the University of Gandía
The group is part of the Governing Council of the Spanish Acoustics Society (SEA in its Spanish acronym)
Acoustics group of the Engineering Department at the University of Ferrara (Italy)
Belgium Building Research Institute (BBRI)
Institute for Sustainable Construction of Edinburgh Napier University (United Kingdom)
Department of Applied Physics at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)
Companies: Audiotec, Iberacústica, Proceso Digital de Audio, Centro Tecnológico Cidaut.

UNESCO Code:

3310 - Industrial technology

Other members:

Ana Isabel Tarrera Fernández
Mª Ángeles Martín Bravo
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María Machimbarrena Gutiérrez

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