Proposed methodology for new regulation and guidelines on noise protection for buildings and sound insulation in Turkey

Abstract

The draft regulation prepared for the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, aims to organize the requirements and enforcement for noise control in buildings. A model describing an ideal framework of a building acoustics regulation was introduced and implemented during preparation of legislative and technical documents. The new regulation covers acoustical design, evaluation of acoustic performance during construction, supervising and certification of acoustic quality, investigating and elaboration of complaints from existing buildings. New rating descriptors and the basic classification scheme for the residential buildings were adopted from COST TU 0901 project, however the acoustic performance of buildings in terms of indoor limits, reverberation times, mechanical noise limits and required insulation values, were evaluated for all types of buildings and indoor spaces according to the criteria assessment model developed in the study. Special concerns were given into consultancy, training and building supervising. A technical document prepared to complement the regulation, describes the implementation process of the regulation and highlights good design practice considering the state-of-art in building sector in Turkey. A "decision- model" for low-rise houses is proposed based on the present data for the building elements. This paper summarizes overall results of the study conducted in Istanbul Technical University. © 2016, German Acoustical Society (DEGA). All rights reserved.