The Environmental Acoustics Group of the  Acoustics Laboratories investigates outdoor sound propagation. Measurement and prediction procedures are developed to determine the noise annoyance due to road traffic, railroads, shooting ranges and military training grounds. The center of attention currently lies on the problem of sound propagation over long distances.

Your Contact Partners:

• Dr. Kurt Heutschi, senoir scientist, environmental acoustics, electroacoustics, lecturer at the ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
• Dr. Jean-Marc Wunderli, group leader environmental acoustics 

Environmental Acoustics

• Development of calculation procedures for noise prediction
• Development of measurement procedures for determining noise annoyance
• Determination and description of the properties of individual noise sources and measurement of the sound power of machines, vehicles and appliances
• Calculation of noise annoyance, in particular, aircraft noise
• Measurement of noise immission and evaluation of the disturbance
• Consulting with regard to planning of noise abatement
• Participation in interdisciplinary research projects on noise disturbance
• Standards activities
• Transfer of knowledge through publications, lectures at the Swiss Technical University and courses