Research and Development of Noise Mitigation Measures for Public Housing Development in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a high density living environment.With scarce land sources,residential developments,including public housing developments,may be located in close proximity to heavily trafficked roads or other noise sources.Embracing a caring attitude to create a healthy living environment to our residents in public housing estates,the Hong Kong Housing Authority has applied a host of noise mitigation measures to reduce the impact and nuisance.Depending on the individual site characteristics,noise mitigation measures can be applied at source,at propagation path and/or at receiver end.Apart from these measures,where the noise impact is too severe for these mitigation measures to be adequate,more innovative building design in a cost effective manner becomes essential particularly for difficult public housing sites.This paper will highlight our recent research and development of innovative building designs on noise mitigation by making reference to some public housing projects in Hong Kong.A detailed case study will be presented holistically on the evolution of the acoustic balcony from its conceptual arc-screen form to the first generation of acoustic balcony and lately to an enhanced configuration to tackle the most severe noise challenge without compromising the performance of natural ventilation for the flats.
noise mitigation measures high-performance building acoustic balcony
MW WONG John HL HO Stephen YIM
Hong Kong Housing Authority,Government of the HKSAR,Hong Kong SAR
国际会议
2017世界可持续建筑环境大会(the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference)
香港
英文
1258-1264
2017-06-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）