We are grateful that our article has been published in the Journal of Building Services Engineering Research & Technology, and we hope that this will raise the vital issues with a wider range of researchers. We were invited to submit an article following our paper for the CIBSE Symposium in 2018 at London South Bank…
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We welcome the Welsh Government’s Noise and Soundscape Action Plan 2018 – 2023.  The Welsh Government is the first national government in the world to embrace emergent thinking around noise and acoustics by referring to Soundscape in the title and throughout the action plan.  They have placed the requirement for good acoustic design and soundscape…
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As a member of the CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group, Jack Harvie-Clark is pleased to be presenting in a session entitled Acoustic issues in relation to Natural Ventilation.  Come and hear him talk about how we are developing guidance to assess the combined effects of noise and overheating by providing a reference for Planners and Environmental Health practitioners.  The…
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The Apex method for calculating the façade sound insulation is in accordance with BS 8233 and the principles of BS EN 12354-3.  Our paper and poster presentation, published in the Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics and available here, explains the derivation of the basic façade sound insulation equations presented below. The equations may not be applicable…
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Beth and Jack are excited to announce the publication of their paper “Measurements of Ultrasound from Public Address and Voice Alarm Systems in Public Places” in a special edition of The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America on the topic of Ultrasound in Air. Following on from previous measurements of ultrasound emissions from data projectors in…
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Nick Conlan has done a lot of digging through planning applications in London – looking at 160 applications for major developments submitted between 2014 and 2017.  This paper includes a review of those planning applications to determine which consider noise and which consider overheating – both essential parts of the overall internal environmental quality (IEQ). …
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) finally published its Environmental Noise Guidelines for Europe in October 2018.  They remind us that at least 100 million people in the EU are affected by road traffic noise; in western Europe alone at least 1.6 million healthy years of life are lost as a result of road traffic noise.  These…
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Two years ago we translated the report published by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (you can download the original report in Danish here); at March 2019, there is an official English version (see link below)  We are sharing this information to increase its international impact.  Although the research is in the context of Danish regulations and…
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We are pleased to announce an opportunity for a motivated and interested person to join our team, from an early point in your career. Salary: £ 20,000 – 24,000 per annum. Plus: 7% company contribution to your pension and lunch provided by the company. Location: Apex Acoustics, Design Works, William Street, Gateshead, NE10 0JP. Our growth…
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Apex were pleased to be Highly Commended in the Education Acoustics category at the Association of Noise Consultants Awards 2018 for their work at The National Centre for The Written Word “The Word”, in South Shields. The Word is a library for the 21st century, celebrating the dynamic relationship between people, books, traditional media and…
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