Demonstration of several noise and sound sensing methodologies - Presented by Pieter van Boheemen at EID, Rio de Janeiro, May 11 2016

1. Sound sensor demo
May 11, 2016
Rio de Janeiro
#ResilientRio

2. Wednesday - Sound
Time Topic / Activity
10:00 – 11:00 Kick off sound sensors day
11:00 – 13:00 Building sensors
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 Field work / Tech support
16:00 – 17:00 Team updates
Tech Support Pieter Taco
14:00 - 14:30 Slot 1 Slot 1
14:45 - 15:15 Slot 2 Slot 2
15:30 - 15:45 Slot 3 Slot 3

3. http://www.slideshare.net/ptmvanboheemen

4. Open the window

5. Local issue
“In Rio de Janeiro at least sixty percent of
the complaints received by the Municipal
Commission for the Environment (SMAC) are
related to unwanted noise.”
http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/opinion-editorial/opinion/the-sound-of-pollution/

6. Causes of Noise Pollution
• Traffic
• Festivals
• Industry
• Architecture
• City planning

7. Effects of Noise Pollution
• Serious health effects mediated by the human endocrine system:
• Sleep disturbance
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Annoyance (a feeling of discomfort affecting general well-being)
• Cognitive impairment
• Mental health problems
• Direct effects:
• Tinnitus
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/noise/index_en.htm

8. WHO
• 19.8 million adults in Europe are annoyed by noise from road traffic,
railways, aircrafts or industry
• 9.1 million of them are highly annoyed
• 7.9 million adults have sleep disturbance due to night time noise
• 3.7 million of them are severely sleep disturbed
• 910 thousand additional prevalent cases of hypertension
• 43 thousand hospital admissions
• 10 thousand premature deaths
• per year
http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/noise/publications/2011/burden-of-disease-from-environmental-noise.-quantification-of-healthy-life-years-lost-in-europe

9. Noise levels Amsterdam
http://waag.org/en/news/measuring-noise-amsterdam

10. Simulation
Measurements:
• 5 minutes average
• 1.5 meter from the
ground
Noise levels Rio
• http://www.datakustik.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/noisemapping_copacabana.pdf

11. Regulation in Europe
• Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,
of 25 June 2002
• Noise mapping obligatory for cities > 250,000 inhabitants
• Renewed every 5 years
• Published by NOISE: Noise Observation and Information Service for
Europe

12. NOISE viewer
http://noise.eionet.europa.eu/viewer.html

13. NoiseTube
http://noisetube.net/cities

14. Sensors

15. Sound level sensors
Smart Citizen Kit
Microphone module
Microphone module

16. Tools

17. Noise under water?
http://www.1000001labs.org/hydroino/

18. Demonstration
Microphone Module

19. Checkin Wheel

20. • Names on the outside
• What you had for
breakfast
• Feeling about the
workshop thus far
• Task of today
Checkin Wheel

21. Additional resources
• Noise Mapping of Densely Populated Neighbourhoods - Example of
Copacabana http://www.datakustik.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/
noisemapping_copacabana.pdf

22. These slides are
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CC - BY - SA 3.0