Volume 15, Number 4, December, 2007 - Noise News International

More documents

Recommendations

Info

International 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 December 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 Noise in the Workplace”and “Noise 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 Noise Walls” and “Community Noise.”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 2007NovemberDescriptions of the work of the I-INCETechnical Study Groups are given below.TSG 1 — Noise 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.Noise 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 — Noise 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 2007 December
material that had been gathered on noiselabels to the Co-Conveners of TSG 7for possible use by that Technical StudyGroup. The Convener was Bernard Berry.TSG 3 — Assessment ofthe Effectiveness of NoisePolicies and RegulationsObjective and statusThe objective of TSG 3 is to collectinformation about noise legislation andregulations in countries around the world.During the last half of the 20th century,many countries recognized noise as anenvironmental and occupational problem.Regulations and guidelines were developedfor limiting the exposure to noise and forimplementing noise-control technologies.A preliminary draft of a report from TSG3 was circulated on 2007 July 09 to theSecretariats of the Member Societies forreview and comment. The preliminarydraft will be revised and circulated to theMember Societies as the first CommentDraft in accordance with the procedures inPart 2 of the I-INCE Rules for the technicalwork of the Institute. Co-Conveners areHideki Tachibana and William Lang.TSG 4 — Noise andReverberation Control forSchoolroomsObjective and statusThe objective of TSG 4 was to preparean I-INCE Technical Report withrecommendations for acoustical criteriaand noise-control features that maybe applied in the design of all types ofenclosed learning spaces in order tooptimize the learning experience forteachers and students. Learning spacesinclude any enclosed area where studentsand teachers interact for educationalpurposes. Principal acoustical criteria arethe level of the background sound and thereverberant quality of the learning space.The work of TSG 4 began in 2000with Zerhan Yuksel from Turkey as theConvener. A draft of a report was initiatedand some progress was made over thenext few years. Because of increasedresponsibilities at the University whereshe is employed, Mrs. Yuksel resigned in2003 as Convener and a new Convenerwas appointed–Carsten Svensson ofSweden. The first meeting of TSG 4with Mr. Svensson as Convener was heldduring INTER-NOISE 04 in Prague, CzechRepublic. No progress on the report wasmade in 2005 or 2006.At the meetings of the Board of Directorsand the General Assembly in 2006December in Honolulu, it was proposedthat the work of TSG 4 be terminatedand the TSG disbanded because of a lackof progress. A decision to terminate thework of TSG 4 was taken at the meetingsof the Board of Directors and the GeneralAssembly in 2007 August in Istanbul. TheTSG was then disbanded with thanks.At the 2007 August meeting, the Boardand the General Assembly accepted theproposal from Carsten Svensson to reestablishTSG 4 with a new scope and newmembers to be appointed by the I-INCEMember Societies subject to submittal ofa revised scope that will concentrate onpreparing an I‐INCE Technical Report onthe effects on the learning experience ofhigh levels of sound as well as the effectsof poor acoustical conditions in classroomsand other school rooms. Members willbe appointed after the revised scopeis accepted and formation of the reconstitutedTSG 4 is approvedTSG 5 — Noise as a GlobalPolicy IssueObjective and statusThe objective of TSG 5 was to preparean I-INCE Technical Report dealing withnoise as a global issue in contrast withnoise as a local issue. A major objectivewas to describe what is needed to createeffective global noise-control policies.The final report from TSG 5 was publishedin the 2006 September-October issue of theNoise Control Engineering Journal, and isavailable on the I-INCE web site [06-1].With publication of the final report, thework of TSG 5 was complete and the TSGwas disbanded.TSG 6 — Community Noise:Environmental Noise ImpactAssessment and MitigationObjective and statusThe objective for TSG 6 is to preparean I-INCE Technical Report that givespractical guidance to policy makers whoare involved with regulation and control ofcommunity exposure to noise, excludingthe sounds generated by neighbors. Theemphasis of the report will be on how anenvironmental impact analysis process canbe an integral part of an effective strategyfor control of community noise, with landuse planning as an essential element of thecontinued on page 1602007 December www.inceusa.org • www.noisenewsinternational.net • www.i-ince.org149
Page 4 and 5: International Institute ofNoise Con
Page 8 and 9: inter•noise 200826-29, October, 2
Page 10 and 11: ImportantDatesMarch 31, 2008Deadlin
Page 12 and 13: Noise-Con 08Noise-Con 2008 and the
Page 15 and 16: Announcement and Call for PapersSho
Page 18 and 19: attention from local, regional andn
Page 21 and 22: ANSI Working Group,• Current and
Page 23 and 24: C: (Bill Lang) So the definition of
Page 25: C: (Tjeert ten Wolde) Today we have
Page 29 and 30: 3. Sound quality of environmental s
Page 31 and 32: and disseminating relevant informat
Page 33 and 34: as perceived by listeners with norm
Page 35 and 36: Asia-Pacific News .................
Page 37 and 38: Song He, right, Ohio State Universi
Page 39 and 40: ICBEN 2008Grand Pequot Convention C
Page 41 and 42: 2007 December www.inceusa.org • w
Page 43 and 44: Sweden: PCB Scandinavia AB(+46) 8 4
Page 45 and 46: Product NewsBrüel and KjærThe Br
Page 48 and 49: AcknowledgementsINCE/USA Liaison Pr
Page 50 and 51: Index to Volume 15Asia-Pacific News
Page 52: NOISE-CON 07 CD-ROMThis searchable

Volume 15, Number 4, December, 2007 - Noise News International

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?