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should be adopted by the Authority when investigating a complaint
regarding noise emanating from such premises to determine whether or
not a noise abatement notice should be issued.
BS 4142 [3] suggests methods for noise prediction and a generalised
description of prediction is given in ISO 9613-2 [4]. Good practices on
building services system noise control are published by the
Environmental Protection Department [5,6].
3
British Standards Institution. Method for rating industrial noise affecting mixed residential and industrial areas. British
Standard BS 4142:1997. London, BSI, 1997.
4
International Standards Organisation. ISO 9613-2. Attenuation of Sound During Propagation Outdoors Part 2. General
Method of Calculation 1st Ed. 1996.
5
Environmental Protection Department. Good practices on pumping system noise control. 1999.
http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/noise/guide_ref/files/pump_sys.pdf6
Environmental Protection Department. Good practices on ventilation system noise control. 1999.
http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/noise/guide_ref/files/vent_sys.pdf