The researchers are hopeful that the
solar noise barriers will prove to be a beneficial new approach to a typically boring structure.
The second is for city authorities to
install noise barriers between busy roads and residential areas, or site the roads well away from them.
While the immediate thought on how to combat such problems is to increase the distance between the source and the school,
basic noise barriers are often more beneficial.
Solar power has the great benefit of being able to be installed in a wide variety of places, from large solar farms to residential rooftops, from floating on top of reservoirs to
highway noise barriers.
This may be of particular relevance in locations where it is impractical to implement conventional measures such
as noise barriers,» says Berge, who believes that in a few years» time, we will be seeing many low - noise tire brands on the market.
Research shows that fitting tires with very low rolling resistance, combined with the right road surfacing, can provide just as much noise reduction as
traditional noise barriers.
Some animals live in confinement
behind noise barrier fencing with no view, shade or grass to walk on.
A year - long test project was launched on June 18 on two sections
of noise barriers, each 5 meters wide and 4.5 meters high.
The technology that is behind these new
solar noise barriers is called luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs).
Manoj Thota and Kon - Well Wang at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have designed
a noise barrier that can reduce acoustic energy by 90 per cent, so traffic noise previously audible at 1.6 kilometres away only travels half a kilometre.
In its simplest form
a noise barrier can be a continuous close - boarded wooden fence, with a mass of not less than 16 kg / m2.
The FHWA's TNM is used for designing highway
noise barriers and informing the federal distribution of noise mitigation funds related to highway noise barrier construction.
At first glance, the bars look like they were inserted into the photograph by the artist as an extreme formal gesture, but they were already at the site, integral to a Plexiglass screen that acted as
a noise barrier along the motorway.
On a highway near Den Bosch, The Netherlands, a new form of solar technology is being tested on what is usually a mundane piece of infrastructure:
a noise barrier.
Used to dampen the loud sounds of highway traffic for neighborhoods and businesses located alongside busy roads,
noise barriers can improve the quality of life for those around the highways, but they also take up space and can be a bit of an eyesore.
Initial research shows that 1 kilometer of the solar
noise barriers can generate enough electricity to power 50 homes.