The March/April 2023 issue of Acoustics Bulletin is now available to member and, apart from all the regulars, it includes these articles:
- Dr Adam Hill reports on the 38th annual Reproduced Sound conference, organised by the IOA’s Electroacoustics Group (EAG), took place in Bristol last November.
- Inter-noise 2022 provided the ideal opportunity to look closely at how we can pro-actively consider sustainability and incorporate sound into this to create an inclusive event that respected the environment. Richard Grove explains that the Sustainability Working Group was formed to develop initiatives which could be implemented at Inter-noise, with the aim of informing future acoustics events.
- The technical article in this issue is by Dr Elena Prokofieva, Edinburgh Napier University, who writes about the acoustic design of schools to make the teaching and learning spaces comfortable for teachers and pupils.
- The IOA Parliamentary Liaison Group (PLG) is continuing to work to raise the profile of the importance of acousticians with politicians and policy makers. It has been a busy time recently for announcements, comments, consultations and proposals for regulatory reform around noise and plenty of opportunities to raise the profile of acoustics and acousticians.
- In our legal column, Dani Fiumicelli considers the case of a businessman who claimed life in his £2.5m apartment was ruined by an 'unbearable' noise described as like 'bubble wrap popping'. He lost his £1m compensation claim after a judge found it wasn't loud enough to disturb his sleep.
- In a second legal article for this issue, Ed Clarke, who has been retained as an expert witness in matters relating to the consideration of, and in some cases pursuit of, negligence claims against other acousticians, writes that the common thread running through all these claims is a disappointing reliance on acoustic modelling software, without the essential underlying practitioner expertise.
- The Environment Agency receives BS4142 noise impact assessments in support of permit applications but a large proportion of applicants do not provide weather data alongside their background sound level surveys. This could lead to incorrect conclusions within a BS 4142 assessment, says Rory Peliza, Technical Advisor Air Quality Modelling & Assessment Unit (AQMAU) at the Environment Agency.
- There’s plenty more, but if you feel there are gaps in Acoustics Bulletin and you’d like to see articles on other subjects such as research, book reviews or acoustics in medicine, for example, please contact editor, Nicky Rogers at nickyr
warnersgroup.co.uk (nickyr[at]warnersgroup[dot]co[dot]uk)
Members can access the latest copy by going to: https://www.ioa.org.uk/recent-bulletins
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Just to remind you about our technical articles. Although they are not peer reviewed, they all go through an internal checking process via the IOA Publications Committee and their panel of volunteer experts. This is intended to highlight any discrepancies in the articles, or areas that may need clarification, which are then referred back to authors for amends.
The deadline for the next issue (May/June 2023) issue is Wednesday 5 April 2023 at the very latest please. If you have a technical article that you’d like to submit for consideration, please email the editor at nickyrwarnersgroup.co.uk (nickyr[at]warnersgroup[dot]co[dot]uk) at any time.
