October 1, 2013
Noise

Dose-response relationships for wind turbine noise in Japan

Yano, Takashi; Kuwano, Sonoko; Kageyama, Takayuki; Sueoka, Shinichi; and Tachibana, Hideki

ABSTRACT:
In order to obtain a base for wind turbine noise policy, a socio-acoustic survey was carried out throughout Japan from Hokkaido to Okinawa over three years (2010-2012). In total 747 responses were obtained with face-to-face interview method. The wind turbine noise was measured at several points in each site for successive five days. The LAeq,n, which was precisely measured outdoor in a day, was taken as noise exposure. A representative exposure-annoyance relationship was drawn based on all data. The trend was consistent to those from Swedish and Dutch surveys. People at sites with sea wave sound were less annoyed by wind turbine noise than those at sites without. The effects of moderating factors such as interest in environmental problems, disturbance of landscape and sensitivity to noise were also investigated.

Presented at Internoise 2013, Innsbruck, Austria, 13-18 September, 2013

Takashi Yano
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto, Japan
Sonoko Kuwano
Osaka University
Takayuki Kageyama
Oita University of Nursing and Health Science
Shinichi Sueoka
Sueoka Professional Engineer Office
Hideki Tachibana
Chiba Institute of Technology

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[1] Dose-response relationships for wind turbine noise in Japan: https://docs.wind-watch.org/internoise-2013-0598.pdf