Volume 15, Number 4, December, 2007 - Noise News International
Volume 15, Number 4, December, 2007 - Noise News International
Volume 15, Number 4, December, 2007 - Noise News International
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<strong>International</strong> INCE Technical Study GroupsAlan H. MarshI-INCE Vice President — Technical ActivitiesIntroductionThe principal technical activities of I-INCEare carried out by I‐INCE TechnicalStudy Groups authorized by the I-INCEGeneral Assembly on recommendationof the I-INCE Board of Directors. Othertechnical activities were described inthe 2002 <strong>December</strong> issue of NNI. Thefollowing is a brief history of the formationof the I-INCE Technical Study Groups, anda summary of the activities of each group.More details may be found on the Internetat www.i-ince.org.In recognition of the need to address noiseissues of international interest, the I-INCEBoard of Directors, at their meeting duringINTER-NOISE 91 in Sydney, Australia,took the first step to enlarge the scope ofthe activities of the General Assembly.The following year at INTER-NOISE 92in Toronto, Canada, the General Assemblyestablished technical work on two topics:“Upper Limits for <strong>Noise</strong> in the Workplace”and “<strong>Noise</strong> Emission of Road Vehicles.”I-INCE Working Parties were convenedand I-INCE Technical Reports wereprepared and published on those twoimportant topics [97-1,01-1].Additional I-INCE technical work wasestablished by the General Assembly atINTER-NOISE 94 in Yokohama, Japanon two additional topics: “Effectivenessof <strong>Noise</strong> Walls” and “Community <strong>Noise</strong>.”An I‐INCE Technical Report fromthe study of the effectiveness of noisewalls was published [99-1]. Work on areport concerning community noise wasterminated after a few years because oflack of progress.Formal guidelines for carrying out thetechnical work of the Institute were drafted,and, after several revisions, were adoptedby the General Assembly at its meetingduring INTER-NOISE 98 in Christchurch,New Zealand. These guidelines are givenin Part 2 of the I-INCE Rules and areavailable on the I-INCE website.Technical Study GroupsAt the meeting of the General Assemblyduring INTER-NOISE 99 in FortLauderdale, Florida, USA, it was agreed toestablish Technical Study Groups 1–4 withthe scopes and objectives described in thestatus reports given below.Technical Study Group 5 was establishedby the General Assembly during INTER-NOISE 00 in Nice, France.Technical Study Group 6 was establishedat the meeting of the General Assemblyduring INTER-NOISE 03 on Jeju Island,Korea.Technical Study Group 7 was establishedby the General Assembly during INTER-NOISE 05 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Technical Study Group 8 was establishedby the General Assembly during INTER-NOISE 06 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.Status of I-INCE TechnicalStudy Groups as of <strong>2007</strong>NovemberDescriptions of the work of the I-INCETechnical Study Groups are given below.TSG 1 — <strong>Noise</strong> of RecreationalActivities in Outdoor AreasObjective and statusThe work of TSG 1 deals with noisefrom recreational activities in outdoorareas. Recreational activities are thosepursuits outside one’s regular occupationthat are usually engaged in for purposesof relaxation or leisure-time after work.<strong>Noise</strong> associated with many recreationalactivities can be annoying and disturbing.A draft of the report from TSG 1 hasbeen prepared and is under review. TheConvener is Philip Dickinson.TSG 2 — <strong>Noise</strong> Labels forConsumer and IndustrialProductsObjective and statusThe work of TSG 2 dealt with noiselabeling for consumer and industrialproducts. Consumer goods are those soldat retail to ultimate customers for personalor household use, indoors or outdoors.Industrial products are sold to commercialfirms for a wide variety of purposes. Inmany parts of the world, consumer andindustrial goods are sold without anylimits on noise emission, frequently withno indication to the purchaser of hownoisy the products will be when installed,either to those who operate the productsor to those in the vicinity of an operatingproduct.After several years of efforts, the Boardof Directors and the General Assemblydecided during INTER-NOISE 06 that thework of TSG 2 should be terminated andthe TSG disbanded with thanks.The Convener of TSG 2 transmitted the148 www.inceusa.org • www.noisenewsinternational.net • www.i-ince.org <strong>2007</strong> <strong>December</strong>