Acoustics and sustainability in the built environment: An overview and case studies

International Congress on Noise Control Engineering 2005, INTERNOISE 2005

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 4168-4177

  Yu, C ^a   Kang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; ACOUSTIC MATERIALS; ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE; BUILDING ARRANGEMENTS; BUILDING TYPES; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CALCULATION PARAMETERS; COMMUNITY NOISE; DOUBLE GLAZINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; HIGH DENSITY; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; NATURAL VENTILATION; NOISE BARRIERS; NOISE IMPACT; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OUTDOOR SPACE; PLANNING STRATEGIES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SOUND ABSORBER; SOUND QUALITY; URBAN CONTEXT; URBAN POPULATION; VENTILATOR SYSTEMS; WIND FARM; WINDOW SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ACOUSTICS; BUILDINGS; DAYLIGHTING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; NOISE POLLUTION; PLANNING; VENTILATION; WIND POWER;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873871309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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