Environmental and occupational noise - effects, evaluation and control

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Time:	18.- 19.5.2010
Place:	Tietoteknia 1037, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio on the map (Maps and connections)
Credits:	2.0 credit points
Language:	English
Organizers:	Organized jointly by the Graduate school in Environmental Health and Environmental Risk Assessment Centre (ERAC)
Course leader:	Dr. Esko Rytkönen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (TTL)

General course information

The goal of the course is to give understanding about basic concepts used in the evaluation and control of environmental and occupational noise.

Topics

The course focuses on the effects of noise on man, non-occupational noise exposure, and different modelling methods. The course gives overview on noise legislation and principles of noise control. In addition, the participants have possibility to visit the extraordinary silent Noise and Vibration Laboratory of Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.

Course fee

Free of charge for all participants.

Registration by May 10, 2010

Registration form

Programme

Tuesday May 18, 2010
9:30-10:00	Welcome and introduction to noise,Esko Rytkönen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
10:00-11:00	Sound propagation in different environments (requires login),Kari Pesonen, Kari Pesonen Engineering Ltd.
11:00-12:00	Outdoor and indoor noise modelling, Kari Pesonen, Kari Pesonen Engineering Ltd.
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-14:00	Non-occupational noise (requires login), Jaana Jokitulppo, Akukon Consulting Engineers Ltd.
14:00–14:15	Coffee/tea break and discussion
14:15-15:15	Outdoor and indoor noise legislation,Jaana Jokitulppo, Akukon Consulting Engineers Ltd.
Wednesday May 19, 2010
8:30–9:30	Effects of noise on man,Esko Toppila,Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
9:30–10:00	Coffee/tea and discussion
10:00–11:00	Hearing impairment and its modelling, Esko Tolppila, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
11:00-12:00	Lunch
12:00–13:00	Noise control principles , Esko Rytkönen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
13:00–13:30	Coffee/tea and discussion
13:30–14:30	Case: Room acoustics and open plan office, Esko Rytkönen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
14:30–15:30	Visit to Noise and Vibration Laboratory, Aki Vähänikkilä, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Participants (updated 1.6.2010)

Erkki Kuusisto THL
Pasi Kaarakainen THL
Carmen Omayra Gil Allué UEF
Kari Pasanen THL
Marjaleena Aatamila THL
Teemu Räsänen UEF
June Aluoch UEF
Outi Isokääntä Symo Oy
Jacob Mensah-Attipoe UEF
Minna Ruokolainen UEF
Karin Koivisto UEF
Erik Peltomaa UEF
Tchuinte Serge Alain UEF
Aki Vähänikkilä TTL
Evele Eposi Grace UEF
Taina Siponen THL
Vesa Koskinen TTL
Olli Leino THL
Juha Pekkanen THL
Roy Hjort APL Systems
Bawack Eric Arrey UEF

Noise links

GENERAL

http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/phys_agents/noise_basic.html
http://www.nonoise.org/library/envnoise/index.htm#about
http://www.menlh.go.id/apec_vc/osaka/eastjava/noise_en/1/index.html

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE

Guidelines for community noise
http://www.who.int/docstore/peh/noise/guidelines2.html

Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise - Declaration by the Commission in the Conciliation Committee on the Directive relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32002L0049:EN:NOT

Directive 2000/14/EC on the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors.
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/mechanical/documents/legislation/noise-emissions/index_en.htm

European Commission: Environmental Noise
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/noise/

European Commission Working Group, Assessment of Exposure to Noise (WG-AEN)
Good Practice Guide for Strategic Noise Mapping and the Production of Associated Data on Noise Exposure, Version 2, 13th January 2006
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/noise/pdf/wg_aen.pdf

Heinonen-Guzejev Marja: Noise sensitivity – medical, psychological and genetic aspects. Academic Dissertation. University of Helsinki 2009.
https://oa.doria.fi/handle/10024/42979

Jukka Pietilä, Lauri Tuunanen, 2007. Noice Assessment on Leaf Blowers
Regional Environmental Publications, Ministry of the Environment, ISBN 978-952-11-2928-5 (PDF). The publication is available only on the internet.
http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=259450&lan=en&clan=en

The Harmonoise project (Aug 2001 - Jan 2005) has produced methods for the prediction of environmental noise levels caused by road and railway traffic. These methods are intended to become the harmonized methods for noise mapping in all EU Member States. http://www.imagine-project.org/artikel.php?ac=direct&id=289

The European project IMAGINE is developing new calculation methods for railway, road, industrial and aircraft noise. IMAGINE will standardise the Harmonoise<http://www.imagine-project.org/artikel.php?ac=direct&id=289> methods and will provide guidelines on how to use these methods for noise mapping and noise action plans (e.g. traffic flow management) in the EC. http://www.imagine-project.org/

OCCUPATIONAL NOISE

Directive 2003/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 February 2003 on the minimum health and safety requirements
regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (noise) (Seventeenth individual Directive within the
meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:042:0038:0044:EN:PDF

Noise at work. Noise Section of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
http://osha.europa.eu/en/topics/noise

Noise Calculator
http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/calculator.htm

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work: The impact of noise at work
http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/factsheets/57/view

Noise at work. Health and Safety Executive, Great Britain
http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/index.htm

Noise and Industrial Chemicals: Interaction Effects on Hearing and Balance NoiseChem Key Action 4: Environment and Health 2001-2004 FINAL REPORT
http://ec.europa.eu/research/quality-of-life/ka4/pdf/report_noisechem_en.pdf

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work:
Combined exposure to Noise and Ototoxic Substances
http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/literature_reviews/combined-exposure-to-noise-and-ototoxic-substances/view

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), USA
NIOSH Publication No. 98-126: Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Noise Exposure
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/98-126/