Committee notes on wind turbine noise
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These notes from sessions at the 2nd International Meeting on Wind Turbine Noise (Lyon, France, Sept. 20-21, 2007 — click here for all 34 abstracts) summarize and comment on the issue of noise issues with industrial-size wind turbines.
1. Acoustical Breakdown — the noise spectrum and the character of low-frequency noise — committee notes
2. Health Effects of Wind Turbines — “Wind Turbines, Noise and Health” by Dr. Amanda Harry — committee notes — complete paper
3. Siting of Wind Farms — “Location, Location, Location” by John Stewart, U.K. Noise Association — committee notes — complete paper
4. Vibroacoustic Disease — “Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise Dose Responses: Contributions” by Mariana Alves-Pereira and Dr. Nuno Castelo Branco — committee notes — complete paper
Also see “In-Home Wind Turbine Noise Is Conducive to Vibroacoustic Disease” by the same authors
5. Wind Farm Noise in Eastern U.S. — “Wind Farm Noise and Regulations in the Eastern United States” by Hilkat Soysal and Oguz Soysal — committee notes — complete paper
6. Noise and Wind Turbine Syndrome — (1) “Wind Turbine Syndrome: Noise, Shadow Flicker, and Health” and (2) “Health Effects of Wind Turbine Noise” by Dr. Nina Pierpont — committee notes — complete papers: (1) and (2)
Also see the review “Noise radiation from wind turbines installed near homes: effects on health” by Barbara Frey and Peter Hadden
