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Noise Pollution
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Noise Pollution evaluates how a company identifies, measures and mitigates the airborne, structure-borne and low-frequency sound it emits that can harm human health, wildlife or community well-being. It covers:

  • principal sources - fixed plant (turbines, compressors, fans, HVAC, generators), mobile equipment (trucks, rail, aircraft, port cranes), construction/demolition, blasting and amplified events;
  • assessment of sound-pressure levels (LAeq, Lmax, Lden, octave-band spectra) at property boundaries and sensitive receptors, benchmarked to regulatory limits (e.g., EU Environmental Noise Directive, WHO guidelines, OSHA/ISO 1996 standards);
  • prediction and mapping tools (noise modelling, zoning contours) used in environmental-impact studies and permitting;
  • mitigation hierarchy - equipment selection, enclosure and damping, silencers, acoustic barriers, operational scheduling, buffer zones and community engagement;
  • monitoring, incident reporting and disclosure of exceedances or complaints in alignment with frameworks such as EU ESRS E2 (Pollution) and IFC EHS Guidelines.

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