Acoustical retrofit of existing residential buildings: Requirements and recommendations for sound insulation between dwellings in Europe and other countries worldwide
Exposure to noise is proven to have important repercussions on human comfort and health conditions. In recent decades, efforts to increase awareness among users have focused on highlighting the benefits of an appropriate acoustic indoor environment. In addition, given the significant increase in com...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/152379 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/152379 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106771 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Acoustic regulations Existing buildings Acoustical retrofit Refurbishment Building renovation Indoor environmental quality |
| Sumario: | Exposure to noise is proven to have important repercussions on human comfort and health conditions. In recent decades, efforts to increase awareness among users have focused on highlighting the benefits of an appropriate acoustic indoor environment. In addition, given the significant increase in complaints about noise, the control, reduction, and limitation of sound transmission have become important issues to be considered in acoustic retrofit work in buildings. Much of the housing stock was built in a period characterized by the limitation or absence of standards, and renovation interventions should be geared towards existing buildings. However, despite the major potential to improve quality of life, only a handful of countries consider old buildings in their national Building Codes and regulations. The main aim of this work is to develop a comparative study of the acoustic requirements for indoor sound insulation between dwellings of existing buildings established in current building regulations around the world. The analysis of the documents concludes that the usual difference between requirements for new and existing buildings is 5 dB, both for airborne sound insulation and impact sound insulation. To this end, this paper provides the basis for discussion regarding future cooperation for the optimization of acoustic regulations for old buildings. |
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