Sustainability criteria for standardisation of noise reducing devices
Clairbois, J-P.
Clairbois, J-P.
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2014
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This paper presents an overview of generic database of sustainability criteria values for a range of noise reducing devices (NRDs) for surface transport developed as part of the research carried out in the EU project "Quietening the Environment for a Sustainable Surface Transport" (QUIESST) (1) and how these criteria can be used for sustainability assessment of noise barriers standards.
The NRD Industry has been involved in this research and NRD's manufacturers have always shown a great interest in sustainability assessment. This is coupled with the new Construction Product Regulation (305/2011/EU -CPR) (2) that came into force in July 2013 that promotes a new approach in products qualification based on the declaration of performance against seven essential requirements.
Sustainability has been specifically addressed with the new 7th basic requirement, 'sustainable usage of natural resources'. The method developed within this research is used to define evaluation procedures to meet sustainability as the 7th basic requirement as part of new standards.
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Oltean-Dumbrava C and Clairbois J-P (2014) Sustainability criteria for standardisation of noise reducing devices. In: Proceedings of the 43rd International Congress on Noise Control Engineering, Internoise 2014. 16-19 Nov 2014, Melbourne, Australia.
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