noise management system in urban areas life+2008 h.u.s.h. project

WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES

LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community

Noise Management System in urban areasLife+2008 H.U.S.H. project

Raffaella Bellomini - Vie En.Ro.Se. Ingegneria S.r.l., Florence, Italy

Francesco Borchi – DMTI – University of Florence, Italy

Torino, 26-27 september 2011



The H.U.S.H. project

(Harmonization of Urban noise reduction Strategies for Homogeneous action

plans)

moves from the evidence that harmonization of noise action planning methods is

needed not only in Italy but also in all the European countries where a former

Legislation about noise planning was present at the moment of END Directive

adoption. The general objective is…

harmonization of national noise management standards with European Directive

49/2002 to obtain homogeneous noise Action Plans

Among specific objectives…

to define a new system (procedures and

database) for action planning and to test it in

two pilot cases (both of them in the city of

Florence)



Coordinating Beneficiary:

Comune di Firenze

Associated Beneficiaries:

Vie En.Ro.Se. Ingegneria, Firenze

Università di Firenze, DMTI – Dipartimento di Meccanica e Tecnologie Industriali

ARPAT (Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region)

ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research)

H armonization of

U rban noise reduction

S trategies for

H omogeneous action

plans



Coordinating Actions. Data Collection in the

City of Florence. Proposal of Pilot Areas.

(Action 1) COMUNE FIRENZE

Methodological Solutions for

Normative Conflicts

(Action 6) ISPRA

Feasibility Study of Methodological Solutions and System Design. Pilot

Case Selection and Data Acquisition Criteria.

(Action 7) UNIFI-DMTI

Data Collection of Databases used for Action Planning in IT and EU Cities

(Action 2)UNIFI-DMTI

Detection and Classification of

Normative Conflicts between National

and European Noise Laws

(Action 3) ISPRA

Detection and Classification of

Normative Conflicts between Regional and National Noise

Laws (Action 4) ARPAT

Analysis of Strategic

Interventions (Action 11) ISPRA

Data Collection of Noise Reduction

Measures for Urban Areas (Action 5)VIE EN.RO.SE.

Acquisition of Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Data in the Ante-Operam Scenario

(Actions 8 and 10)ARPAT and COMUNE

FIRENZE

Execution of Interventions(Action 12)

COMUNE FIRENZE

Acoustic and Civil Design of Noise Reduction Measures (Action 9) VIE EN.RO.SE.

Acquisition of Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Data in the Post-Operam Scenario

(actions 15 and 14)ARPAT and COMUNE

FIRENZE

Proposal for Revision of Italian Legislation and END Directive. Definition of Guidelines.

(Action 17) ISPRA

Proposals for Revision of Regional Legislation (Action 18) ARPAT

System Validation

and Optimization in the Florence

case Study

(Action 16)

UNIFI-DMTI



Actions 1-7: results

Normative and technical solutions are carried out referring to the following items:

A – Hotspots

A.1 – noise parameters and noise limits

A.2 – noise limits in multisource scenarios

A.3 – Hotspots criticality index definition

B – Quiet Areas

B.1 – acoustic and non-acoustic parameters

B.2 - noise limits and sub-areas definition

B.3 – Quiet Areas criticality index definition

C – Noise Management System for urban areas

C.1 – definition of intervention areas

C.2 – criticality index for intervention areas

C.3 – designing step

C.4 – priority index of intervention



LEGEND

Acoustic Barrier - Leq=55 dB(A

Game area

Open theatre - Leq=45 dB(A)

Area for younger children

Area dedicated to nature

The collection of subjective data has been directly used by designers, without reducing the level of originality and creativity of the children, taking care of selecting the most appropriate materials and solutions and taking into account the regulatory constraints for school buildings. The project for the garden of the school combines noise mitigation goals with the needs emerged in subjective survey. At the end, this project involved:- the building of a non intrusive barrier, for reducing noise in a visually pleasant way, well integrated with the space and, above all, enjoyed by the children during playtime;- the provision of games with educational purposes;-a wooden mobile amphitheatre to give lesson in the garden.

The location of different functions is closely related to the noise climate sub-areas of the garden.

HUSH PROJECT: Don Minzoni school in Florence



Selection of materials – integration of the barrier with games




Placement of OPEN THEATRESelction of the best acoustic area




LEGENDA

Selection of colours for the

flooring




WORK IN PROGRESS

During the realization of the proposed interventions some problems arose: the first one is the presence of on other yard in the same areas for the adjustment of the heating in the school.

The second problem is linked to the realization of a structure on the existent wall where it must be realized the noise barrier, due to the presence of unexpected underground piping.Another structural solution has been proposed by the Technical PM in accordance with Coordinating Beneficiary and Yard Supervisor.However such problems are solved in real-time, since the technical PM and the supervisor directly monitor major activities




WORK IN PROGRESS




The area of Brozzi-Quaracchi includes the historical quarters of Brozzi and Quaracchi, in the north-west of Florence. The area is delimited by two major roads: Via Pratese and Via Pistoiese Road. This is an area with high density of population and presence of a community deeply rooted in its territory. Noise annoyance to the population, is mainly caused by the flow of vehicles crossing the area between the two main roads using local streets rather than the road system outside the quarter.

HUSH PROJECT: area Brozzi-Quaracchi in Florence



HUSH PROJECT: area Brozzi-Quaracchi in FlorenceTraffic studies



Zona Zona 3030




facoltà di Agraria

Scuola Media Paolo Uccello

area 1 area 2

area 3

area 4

area 5

11

22

33

4455

Asilo “Il Gomitolo”

Sensitive receivers




Green Acoustic Barrier – area verde n.1




Multisensorial Path




First AnnouncementFirst Announcement

24 January 2012

Salone de’ Dugento – Palazzo Vecchio Firenze

Workshop Workshop

A point on noise urban planning A point on noise urban planning

and quiet areas management: and quiet areas management:

the experience of H.U.S.H. and QUADMAP projectsthe experience of H.U.S.H. and QUADMAP projects



Thanks for your attentionThanks for your attentionThanks also to European Commission

that contributed to this project

considering and co-financing it

into the LIFE+2008 Financial Programme.

www.hush-project.euwww.hush-project.eu

noise management system in urban areas life+2008 h.u.s.h. project

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