New development areas and residential complexes
When it comes to urban housing construction, we at Ecotec are not only experts in innovative noise protection solutions. We are also proficient in technical jargon if necessary.
Not without reason: anyone who is not familiar with the extensive rules and regulations of the Building Utilization Ordinance will make mistakes in noise protection planning that can hardly be corrected afterwards – or only by using cost-intensive noise protection measures. It is therefore all the more important to ensure sufficient distance from industrial or commercial areas in the run-up to the planning phase of a new development area or the construction of new residential complexes.
Noise protection development planning: Where living comfort is the norm.
Whether sounds are perceived as noise is all too often a matter of opinion. This is precisely why the Building Utilization Ordinance (Baunutzungsverordnung) stipulates that plant noise from operating facilities, factories and warehouses as well as from machinery and equipment is measured on the basis of the Technical Instructions on Noise Abatement (TA Lärm) – and tested for compliance with all immission guide values. If the legally stipulated standards are exceeded, noise protection measures must be taken in order to successfully complete the approval process.
As a rule, the area categories defined in the Building Utilization Ordinance provide assistance in drawing up a development plan with regard to active noise protection. These not only separately measure noise from commercial, leisure or sports facilities, but also the immission limits of the German Traffic Noise Protection Ordinance (BImSchV). They also allow a separation between daytime and nighttime for all types of noise.
The German Federal Immission Protection Ordinance: No book of seven seals
When planning new development areas and residential complexes, the following applies: No compromises! It is not without reason that the EC Environmental Noise Directive, which was issued in 2002, requires all member states to catalogue and to indicate possible exposure to environmental noise in noise maps.
Thus, the directive – which comprehensively supplements the German Federal Immission Protection Act (§ 47a to f BImSchG) in Germany – enables the development of action plans for noise reduction. For example, in agglomeration areas, on main traffic arteries or near major airports. As you can see: We will guide you safely through the jungle of administrative procedures to your target destination.