In vervolg op de eerdere projecten bouwen Leuven en Gent verder in "Nudging down night noise".

De twee grootste studentensteden gaan op verschillende locaties het nachtlawaai meten en herkennen om een breed zicht te krijgen op nachtelijke geluidsoverlast. Hiervoor wordt een geluidsherkenningsmodel gebruikt.

Daarnaast zoeken beide steden ook naar een gemeenschappelijke basis om nachtlawaai te meten en te beschrijven. Stad Gent legt hiervoor de objectieve data uit de metingen van onze noise monitoring stations naast de akoestische modellering.

Bovendien gaan beide steden nachtlawaai preventief aanpakken met nudgingtechnieken. Leuven kijkt naar de opschaling van de projecties en het aansturen van de openbare verlichting. Daarnaast worden ook nieuwe nudgingtechnieken onderzocht.

Beide steden gaan, naast de objectieve data uit de metingen, aan de slag met subjectieve data van bewoners over geluidsoverlast.

Verdere nieuwsartikelen over dit Vlaamse project waarin onze geluidmeters weer centraal staan:

Stad Leuven - Nachtlawaai

Stad Gent - Kunnen we nachtlawaai verminderen met technologie?

efro-projecten.be - Europees project Nudging-down-night-noise

We relieve many provinces, municipalities and institutions - with or without a partner - of the management and maintenance of groundwater networks.

The Municipality of Haarlem also awarded us the management and maintenance of their groundwater network.

Socotec Geotechnics, our partner for the field work for this project, has now equipped the 113 measuring points of the Haarlem municipal water network with our telemetric groundwater meters.

Our equipment measures the groundwater level at least once every hour and sends the measurement data to our powerful data portal at least every four hours.
Taking into account the current barometric pressure at that location and the relevant data from the KNMI weather stations, the measurement data is automatically converted to mNAP.
The measurement data is then automatically validated and visible to the Municipality of Haarlem in their user portal. Naturally, this groundwater monitoring data will then be supplied to the Dutch governmental "BRO" (basic subsurface registration).

Thus we accurately monitor groundwater levels so that the Municipality of Haarlem has a good indication of ​​when and where measures must be taken.

See also: https://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl (in Dutch)

The first group of field workers received the certificate for our Fieldworker Day 2024 on October 16: For consistently good quality installations and groundwater measurements.

Source holders (water well owners) are becoming increasingly strict with regard to data guarantees and data quality. Because we realize that fieldwork is crucial for this quality and guarantees, we initiated the Day of the Fieldworker.

We also used this day to present techniques that we expect to improve quality and guarantees, without taking more time.

Specifically, this concerns TritoSense with manual measurements at mm level, improved air pressure compensation and monitoring well caps that keep rainwater and dirt out while manual measurements are possible without disrupting the measurement setup.

The group of field workers who participated in the Day of the Field Worker on October 16 have at least taken a step forward towards better water data.

Day of the Fieldworker: For consistently good quality installations and groundwater measurements.

Over the past 10 years, managers of groundwater monitoring networks have imposed stricter requirements on the accuracy with which groundwater levels are measured.

One of the aspects where qualitative gains can be achieved from water data is during the installation of the now very accurate equipment in the field.

We noted that with current measurement methods it is difficult for field workers to meet current tender requirements.

Because how do they ensure the smallest possible deviation between the actual and the manually or automatically measured groundwater level of a measuring point in your measuring network?

Tomorrow, during our Fieldworker Day, we will inform and train fieldworkers.

For consistent and high-quality installations and groundwater measurements.

More about this tomorrow!

Our meters will be moved from the Floriade to event locations in the Municipality of Almere (NL). Permanent noise monitoring gives government and residents control over noise.

How?

Permanent monitoring of noise pollution can lead to a reduction in the most important forms of noise pollution. It enables competent authorities to get a grip on noise pollution, while it contributes to citizens' feeling of being heard and their involvement contributes to a healthier noise environment.

Why?

In the Netherlands, government agencies receive more than 500,000 noise complaints every year. A significant number of these are related to current nuisance caused by music events, catering, industry, construction, night noise, tourists, sports, loading/unloading and animal sounds.

An effective reduction of more than 30% of this nuisance is possible under the following conditions:

• Awareness of the perpetrator: It is essential that the perpetrator is immediately aware of the nuisance that is being caused.
• More than 90% of the perpetrators, such as catering visitors, music event organizations, industrial companies, motorcyclists, sports facilities and entertainment venues, are prepared to take measures as soon as they are aware of their impact.
• Transparency and continuous insight: All parties involved must have transparency and continuous insight, not only into trends but also into the direct effect of measures taken. Objective insight into the nuisance contributes to a new sense of standards.
• Encouraging self-regulation: Active stimulation and facilitation of self-regulation, for example by making noise transparent and open to discussion, promoting participation and including it in local regulations. The new Environmental Act offers opportunities for this approach.

In addition to self-regulation, permanent monitoring speeds up your complaint handling processes. After all, you always have measurement data available. Advanced functions in the measurement platform, such as identification of noise sources, location and the degree of exceedance or nuisance at homes, support the analysis and enable you to directly address noise generators, such as industry, about the nuisance they cause. And all this affordable and with a very low cost of ownership.

Would you like to know more about how you can achieve this reduction of noise complaints and a healthier living environment?

Call or email us, we are happy to brainstorm with you about this.