Noise Pollution from Ventilation Systems in Residential Buildings

The provision of calculated air exchange when using duct systems of natural ventilation and organizing cross-ventilation is a difficult to predict value, therefore, in multi-storey residential buildings, systems with mechanical stimulation are increasingly used every year. However, there are a number of problems associated with the need for maintenance and repair, as well as the generation of noise outside and inside the building. In practice, despite the existence of recommendations for limiting noise from engineering equipment, when designing and commissioning an object, proper control of acoustic characteristics is practically not carried out. The problem of noise pollution can limit the use of mechanical ventilation. As part of the study, noise generated by mechanical ventilation systems during the day and at night in the apartments of the last floor of a three-section residential building located in Moscow was measured. About a third of the surveyed apartments in the multi-storey residential building had excess noise levels during the day and at night. The main reasons for the formation of increased levels of sound pressure were poor-quality installation work of ventilation systems.

D.V. ABRAMKINA, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (26, Yaroslavskoye Highway, Moscow, 129337, Russian Federation)

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