Resource Library Category: Health
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Documents presented here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch. This resource library is provided to assist anyone wishing to research the issue of industrial wind power and the impacts of its development. The information should be evaluated by each reader to come to their own conclusions about the many areas of debate.
The "how to" guide to criteria for siting wind turbines to prevent health risks from sound
Author: Kamperman, George; and James, Rick
Version 1.0, July 30, 2008
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Simple guidelines for siting wind turbines to prevent health risks
Author: Kamperman, George; and James, Rick
Paper presented at Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE) NOISE-CON 2008, July 28-31, 2008
George W. Kamperman, INCE Bd. Cert. Emeritus, INCE Kamperman Associates, Inc., george@kamperman.com
Richard R. James, E-Coustic Solutions, rickjames@e-coustic.com
Rev. 1.0, July 27, 2008
Industrial scale wind turbines are a familiar part of the landscape in Europe, U.K., and other parts of the world. In the U.S., however, similar industrial-scale wind energy developments are just beginning operation. The presence of industrial wind projects will increase dramatically over the next few years . . .
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Brownsville Diary, March 3 to July 7, 2008
Author: Meyer family
Entries of a noise log kept by a Brownsville family who live 3/4 mile east of South Byron in Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin. The new wind turbines had just gone on line there.
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Click here for updated diary through August 5, 2008.
Download “Turbine Layout Map, Brownsville, Wis.”
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Amendments to Calumet County, Wis., ordinance
Author: Calumet County, Wis., Board of Supervisors
These amendments concerning noise and setbacks from wind energy systems were approved into law on March 18, 2008. Includes thorough guidelines for pre- and post-construction noise measurements and estimates of impact from wind turbines.
“The audible sound emitted by Wind Energy System operations shall not be greater than 5 dBA above the background noise level (L90) for the quietest period of the day measured during the pre-build noise study.”
“No low frequency sound or infrasound from wind energy system operations shall be . . .
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Yvonne Sheehan’s daily diary 2008, Part 2
Author: Sheehan, Yvonne
Noise diary update, Jan. 31 to Feb. 17, 2008, Rock Chapel, Co Cork, Ireland.
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Brownsville Diary, March 3 to April 22, 2008
Author: Meyer family
Entries of a noise log kept by a Brownsville family who live 3/4 mile east of South Byron in Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin. The new wind turbines have just gone on line there.
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Click here for update to May 13, 2008.
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Noise Pollution: A Modern Plague
Author: Goines, Lisa; and Hagler, Louis
Abstract Noise is defined as unwanted sound. Environmental noise consists of all the unwanted sounds in our communities except that which originates in the workplace. Environmental noise pollution, a form of air pollution, is a threat to health and well-being. It is more severe and widespread than ever before, and it will continue to increase in magnitude and severity because of population growth, urbanization, and the associated growth in the use of increasingly powerful, varied, and highly mobile sources of . . .
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Wind turbines—low level noise sources interfering with restoration?
Author: Pederson, Eja; and Persson Waye, Kerstin
Abstract. Wind turbines generate a low level noise and would thus not be expected to cause annoyance and disturb rest. In a society where people are being exposed to an increasing noise load, moderate and low level noise sources may also be perceived as annoying and hence inhibit restoration. This article presents an analysis of two socio-acoustic studies of wind turbine noise with the emphasis on perception, annoyance and consequences for restoration. It is hypothesized that low and moderate stressors . . .
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Perception of wind turbine noise: two abstracts
Author: Pederson, Eja; and Persson Waye, Kerstin
Wind turbine noise, annoyance and self-reported health and well-being in different living environments.
Pedersen E, Persson Waye K., Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden. eja.pedersen@set.hh.se
Occup Environ Med. 2007 Jul;64(7):480-6.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the prevalence of perception and annoyance due to wind turbine noise among people living near the turbines, and to study relations between noise and perception/annoyance, with focus on differences between living environments. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in seven areas in Sweden across dissimilar . . .
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Re: Wind Turbine Syndrome
Author: Pierpont, Nina
Letter from Dr. Nina Pierpont to Kim Iles, Chatham, Ontario, re: wind turbine syndrome.
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