european policies regarding noise assessment

European Policies regarding Noise Assessment

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Content

• Noise burden in Europe

• Effects of Noise

• What can be learnt from 1st and 2nd round

• Overview noise legislation/policies EU

• Outlook Noise in Europe

• Towards a Thematic Strategy on Noise

• Local Strategies

• Discussion

08/04/2023HUSH final event Florence 2

Number of people exposed to noise in Europe

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Noise in Urban Areas (Lden)

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noisiest cities in EU

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Noise in Urban Areas (Lden)

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Comparability far away

• Different sound power

• Different modelling

• Different methods

• Different software• Algoritms• Formulas

• Different settings• Reflections/movements/ population/accuracy/defaults

Road Traffic Noise Railway Noise

ASJ RTN 2009 (JP) CRN (UK)

CRTN (UK) Harmonoise/imagine(EU)

Harmonoise/imagine (EU)

Nord 2000

NMPB 2008 (FR) Ononu 305011 (AT)

Nord 2000 (DK-FI-NO-SE)

RMR (NL)

RLS 90/VBUS (DE) Schall 03 VBUS (DE)

RMV (NL) Semibel (CH)

RVS (AT)

Sonroad (CH)

TNS (US)

Industrial Noise Airport Noise

Harmonoise/imagine (EU)

AzB 2008 (DE)

ISO 9613 (EU) ECAC Doc 29

Harmonoise/Imagine


CNOSSOS art 6 and Annex II END will help

PHASE Adevelopment

methodological framework

PHASE Btools and validation

PHASE CImplement

Annex II


PHASES CNOSSOS

Phase A

WG 1 Quality framework

WG 2 Road Traffic Noise Emission

WG 3 Railway noise emission

WG 4 Aircraft Noise prediction

WG 5 Sound Propagation industrial noise

WG 6 Good Practice Guidelines

WG 9 Revised ENDRM

WG 10

Assigning noise levels and population to buildings

Phase B

WG6 Good Practice Guidelines

WG 7 CNOSSOS EU-database

WG 8 CNOSSOS-EU reference software

WG 11

Burden of Disease Estimation

WG 12

Pilot studies for CNOSSOS validation

WG 13

Helpdesk and Training for Member States


CNOSSOS reports

• JRC Reference report on “Common Noise Assessment methods in EU (CNOSSOS-EU) for strategic noise mapping”

• JRC Master report on “Common Noise Assessment methods in EU (CNOSSOS-EU): outcome and resolutions of the CNOSSOS-EU Technical Committee & Working Groups”


Effects of long term exposure

Health effects

• Annoyance/high annoyance

• Sleep disturbance/Severe sleep disturbance

• Learning /memory difficulties

• Hypertension

• Ischemic Heart Diseases

• Strokes/ Diabetes

• DALY’s 1-1.6 /annum

Economic effects

• Measures / administration

• Health costs

• Real estate value drop

• Production loss

• Car accidents (tiredness)

• An extra year in college/school/univ.

dose-effect curves under fire

40 billion €/a


Auteur

10-20000 premature deaths EU27 per year

Data deliveries

Noise contours maps

Airport noise 10/138

Road traffic noise

23/164

Railway noise 34/161

Industrial noise

23/160

Major airports 11/78

Major roads 9/29 Lden

Major railways 7/22 Lden

• 71% Airport Noise

• 80% Road Traffic Noise

• 76% Railway Noise

• 75% Industrial Noise

• 96% Major Railways

• 96% Major Airports

• 96% Major Roads

Reported data


Conclusions so far

Some shortcomings:

• Delivered noise data is not conform ENDRM

• Lot of data was not in time

• Data was delivered in wrong format

• Data is incomparable

• Noise maps are not representing all the noise

• Poor action plans

• CNOSSOS to be used in 3rd round

• CNOSSOS, detailed or strategic (means a broad overview)

• Input data to be improved

• Guidance needed


Why is END not effective yet? Con’s

• No binding limit nor targets

• Noise Action Plans not SMART

• Definitions not clear or lacking• e.g. agglomerations, quiet urban areas, industry

• It is obligatory to make noise maps/noise action plans but it is not obligatory to reduce noise at a national, regional or

local level!• Does not offer overall framework for noise

links with source related legislation is missing!08/04/2023HUSH final event Florence 13

Pro’s of the first rounds

• Fairly good impression of the size of noise burden in EU

• Experience with noise mapping

• Experience with noise action planning

• Found the points to be improved• END• Input data• Output data• Informing the public• Skills


Outcomes review END 2002/49/EC

Two strands

• Review by troika Milieu, TNO and RPA• Report European Commission COM(2011) 321

• Internet Consultation• Report to be expected


Report European Commission

• Framework mapping methods (CNOSSOS)

• Guidance for implementation

• Synergy between air quality and noise (integrated approach)

• Limit values, targets or triggers

• Noise indicators

• Enforcement, Definitions

• Administrative burden to be relieved08/04/2023HUSH final event Florence 16

Public Consultation

persons

groups

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recommend trigger limit exposure


Outlook I regarding END

• Completion of methodology including databases for road and industrial noise OCTOBER 2013

• Validation and fine tuning (possibly with support of EU-MS)FEBRUARY 2014

• First presentation of a draft revised Annex IIFEBRUARY 2014

• Finalisation of the revised Annex IIJUNE 2014

• Helpdesk supporting practitionersAS FROM 2014

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RECOMMEND

Overview EU legislation in force

• Aeroplane Operation limits

• First railway Infrastructure Package

• Environmental Noise Directive

• Lawn mowers (permissible noise)

• Management Noise at Community Airports

• Motor vehicle exhaust systems

• Noise Emission Outdoor Equipment

• Tractor Type Approval

• Railway noise: TSI norms rolling stock conventional rail system

• Recreational Craft noise & air emissions

• Subsonic jet aeroplanes

• Tyre labelling Regulation

• Tyre Noise Regulation


Overview EU legislation proposed

• Airport Package, noise restrictions at airports

• Motor Vehicle Noise

• Recreational Craft Directive

• Research and Innovation for EU future

• Noise of Two- and Three wheeled Motor Vehicles

• CNOSSOS common assessment method according to END

• Revised END 2002/49/EC


Overview different scenario’s motor vehicle noise

Source: TNO AIA-DAGA, Merano08/04/2023HUSH final event Florence 21

Outlook II regarding Noise in Europe

• Traffic still grows 1,5%/annum

• Noise will also grow

• New MS and modal shift

• Urban population grows


Why noise policies fail to lower the noise

• Noise is the most forgotten environmental issue (Jo Leinen-EEF)

• Noise has to deal with other issues

• Financial downturn (excuse)

• Incentives (carrot)

• Enforcement (stick)

• Fail to involve stakeholder

• No binding between source & END policy THEMATIC STRATEGY NOISE is what we need!

• Human behaviour08/04/2023HUSH final event Florence 23


Thematic Strategy on Noise

Linking source policies witha stronger and effective END

• Multi level policies

• EU

• National

• Regional

• Local• Governmental bodies

• Institutions

• Schools

• Residents


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