Scottish Branch Deeper dive into the proposals to update BS 8233 Thursday 9 January 2025 14:00 - 16:30 GMT. Online only
Scottish Branch
Deeper dive into the proposals to update BS 8233
Thursday 9 January 2025
14:00 - 16:30 GMT.
Online only

This deeper dive into the proposals is intended to help you inform a response to consultation, which ends on 31st January. We’ll be assuming some prior knowledge of the principles of the proposals (see recording of 30th September webinar; download our IOA Conference paper). In this extended session we’ll be going into more detail.

For residential design:

  • WHO 1999 Guidelines – where did they come from? WHO 2018 vs WHO1999
  • Is external noise just a proxy? If we meet internal level guidelines, is the noise mitigated?
  • Lmax – we know it is important, but is a simplistic assessment valuable? What about the other dimensions of sleep?
  • Overheating and noise – what is the supporting evidence, and how do we weave in a measure of the “overheating risk” into the noise assessment? 
  • How does the proposed mitigation compare with current practice?

For non-domestic buildings:

  • Increased guidance on sound insulation between spaces
  • Proposals for sound absorption

Meet the speakers

Dr David Hiller, Chair of BS 8233 drafting committee. David is an Associate Director with Arup. He has 37 years experience in acoustics, noise and vibration, having previously been with the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) for 12 years. David is currently Chair of Committee B/564, responsible for BS 5228 and BS 8233.

Jack Harvie-Clark, Founding Director at Apex Acoustics, has been working in acoustics since 2000, and researching noise and ventilation for dwellings since 2013. He was the instigator and a major author of the AVO Guide, and acoustic advisor to DLUHC for the acoustics in Approved Doc O.

Dr Benjamin Fenech, Noise lead at UKHA, acoustics specialist with a special interest in the non-auditory health effects of sound and noise. Since 2013 Ben has been responsible for leading the UK Health Security Agency and its predecessor organisation’s work programme on the non-auditory health effects of sound and noise. 

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When
09 January 2025