Optimization of Noise Mode of the Multifunctional Multimodal Transport Hub “Skolkovo”

Issues of providing acoustic comfort conditions on the territory and in buildings of the innovation center “Skolkovo” in the area of the multifunctional multimodal transport hub (MMTH) are considered. Main sources of the impacting external noise, road traffic flows on the Minsk highway and the flows of trains on the railway section of the Belarusian direction, are described. Their statistical noise characteristics based on the results of field measurements in the present period of time and the results of calculations for the future are presented. Distances from external noise sources to the boundaries of acoustic discomfort zones are determined. The results of calculations of the expected equivalent and maximum noise levels at the setting out points on the territory of the MMTH and on the facades of the 21-storey building of the business center «Orbion», the closest to the sources of external noise, and therefore the most exposed to their adverse effects, are analyzed. The set of measures recommended for optimization of the noise mode of MMTH objects is described.

V.A. AISTOV, Engineer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Scientific-Research Institute of Building Physics of the Russian Academy architecture and construction sciences (21, Lokomotivniy Driveway, Moscow,127238, Russian Federation)

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