Community reactions and Criteria Wind turbine noise

Robert W. Rand, INCE Rand Acoustics Brunswick, Maine

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Community reactions and Criteria Wind turbine noise

EPA Case Studies Annoyance Health Effects

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EPA Levels Document 1974. Similar method in ANSI S1.9 Part 4.

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Table D-7 CORRECTIONS TO BE ADDED TO THE MEASURED DAY-NIGHT SOUND LEVEL (Ldn) OF INTRUDING NOISE TO OBTAIN NORMALIZED Ldn1 Type of Correction Seasonal Correction Amount of Correction to be Added to Measured Ldn in dB 0 -5 +10 +5 0 -5 -10 +5

Description Summer (or year-round operation) Winter only (or windows always closed) Quiet suburban or rural community (remote from large cities and from industrial activity and trucking)

Correction for Outdoor Noise Level Measured in Absence of Intruding Noise

Normal suburban community (not located near industrial activity) Urban residential community (not immediately adjacent to heavily traveled roads and industrial areas) Noisy urban residential community (near relatively busy roads or industrial areas) Very noisy urban residential community No prior experience with the intruding noise

Community has had some previous exposure to intruding noise but little effort is being made to control the noise. This correction may also be applied in a situation where the community has not been Correction exposed to the noise previously, but the people are for Previous aware that bona fide efforts are being made to control Exposure & the noise. Community Community has had considerable previous exposure Attitudes to the intruding noise and the noise maker's relations with the community are good Community aware that operation causing noise is very necessary and it will not continue indefinitely. This correction can be applied for an operation of limited duration and under emergency circumstances. Pure Tone or Impulse No pure tone or impulsive character Pure tone or impulsive character present

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-10 0 +5

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Community reaction to wind turbine noise

Annoyance

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Community reaction to wind turbine noise

Health Effects (WHO 2009)

"NOEL"

"LOAEL"

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