Abstract
Acoustic regulations or guidelines for hospitals exist in all five Nordic countries, although with varying contents. The main purpose of limit values is to provide good acoustic conditions for the patients under treatment and for the personnel for the various tasks and activities taking place in the many different kinds of rooms in such buildings. Examples are bedrooms, examination and treatment rooms, corridors, stairwells, waiting and reception areas, dining areas, offices, all with different acoustic needs. Some of the countries specify very few acoustic limit values, while others define several criteria. Instead of or in addition to a set of regulations or guidelines, four of the Nordic countries have hospitals included in national acoustic classification standards with four acoustic quality levels A-D, class C being the regulations in three of these countries. As a pilot study, a comparison between the countries has been carried out. The paper includes examples of acoustic regulations and classification limit values for reverberation time, airborne and impact sound insulation, noise from traffic and from service equipment – aiming at discussion, potential learning and implementation of optimized limit values in acoustic regulations, guidelines or classification schemes for hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Titel | Proceedings of Inter-Noise 2018 |
Redaktører | David Herrin, Joseph Cuschieri, Gordon Ebbitt |
Antal sider | 8 |
Udgivelsessted | Washington DC |
Forlag | Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the United States of America, Washington DC, USA |
Publikationsdato | 2018 |
ISBN (Elektronisk) | 978-1-7325986-0-7 |
Status | Udgivet - 2018 |
Begivenhed | 47th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering - Chicago, Chicago, USA Varighed: 26 aug. 2018 → 29 aug. 2018 Konferencens nummer: 47 https://internoise2018.org/ |
Konference
Konference | 47th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering |
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Nummer | 47 |
Lokation | Chicago |
Land/Område | USA |
By | Chicago |
Periode | 26/08/2018 → 29/08/2018 |
Internetadresse |
Navn | Proceedings of the International Congress on Noise Control Engineering |
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ISSN | 0105-175x |