ICAN Acoustics are well-positioned to provide expert advice in the area of Noise Action Planning to Local Authorities in Ireland. We can assist with the interpretation and implementation of the guidance set out in European Environmental Noise Directive (END). Some of our services include the drafting and revision of their Noise Action Plans on behalf [...]
Increasing noise pollution in Irish urban areas highlighted by EPA Noise pollution complaints from the Irish public have been increasing and current control measures “do not always allow for them to be adequately addressed”, according to the EPA. Local authorities “need to take a much stronger leadership role in dealing with noise issues, particularly [...]
Monitoring for compliance with the noise emission conditions of an IPPC or Waste Licence should be primarily based upon International Standard ISO 1996: Acoustics – Description, Measurement and Assessment of Environmental Noise. Ideally, sampling over different days and at different times during the day will help to ensure that the survey is statistically representative. However, [...]
Take on Nature: Air we breathe may tie in with pandemic in more ways than we think The sounds of airplanes overhead are rare now; those that do appear are solitary. Tony Bailie 09 May, 2020 01:00 Sometimes it sounds as if a million insects are buzzing and humming in among the hawthorns and whins [...]
Noise measurements in Dublin.... Diarmuid Keaney measuring noise Dublin, pic Paul Nicholls 23/05/19 Diarmuid Keaney measuring noise (and stretching), Dublin, pic Paul Nicholls 23/05/19 Noise Ireland