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Pilot-Credits EQpc57: Enhanced acoustical performance- exterior noise control

Pilot-Credits EQpc57: Enhanced acoustical performance - exterior noise control
posted by Olawale Taiwo on Jan 12, 2024, 12:45 pm

Hello Sound & Acoustic Specialist (LEED APs),

Please I need a quick confirmation on this Pilot credit EQpc57.

Does this Pilot credit EQpc57, still apply to LEED v4.1 BD+C:NC...

Comments stricter than credit language

Pilot-Credits EQpc57: Enhanced acoustical performance - exterior noise control
posted by Simon Joubert on Apr 21, 2020, 11:22 pm

Hi, 

We have a greenfield industrial building in the middle of an industrial zone in China. No residential buildings in the vicinity. After a first submittal we received a comment asking...

Last reply: Karen Elliott, Jun 8, 2023, 5:40 am

Test duration

Pilot-Credits EQpc57: Enhanced acoustical performance - exterior noise control
posted by Dionisio Franca on Dec 18, 2018, 8:16 pm

The site noise assessment must be at least 24 hours long. Is there a similar requirement for the post-construction test? The language says only "Average exterior noise level (Leq, 8h) of 45...

Last reply: Janine van den Kerkhof, Nov 30, 2021, 3:04 am

Exterior Noise Reduction

Pilot-Credits EQpc57: Enhanced acoustical performance - exterior noise control
posted by ANTONIO CERECEDA on Mar 15, 2021, 5:26 am

Exterior noise reduction of buildings is an environmental strategy very interesting because normally in huge cities noise levels are very high and a great problem.

Enhanced acoustical performance Swedish project

Pilot-Credits EQpc57: Enhanced acoustical performance - exterior noise control
posted by Pia Öhrling on Dec 13, 2018, 1:58 pm

We are pursuing this pilot credit for two Swedish Projects. We Think it is good to look at exterior noise pollution but the requirements could be a bit stricter since we have more strict Swedish...

Last reply: Pavel Novotny, Nov 3, 2020, 6:17 am

Testing Procedure

Pilot-Credits EQpc57: Enhanced acoustical performance - exterior noise control
posted by Margaret Hamilton on Jan 23, 2020, 1:05 pm

We're pursuing this pilot credit for a project in the UK. Noise assessment of the site was required in order for the project to achieve planning approval from the local authority and has been...

Enhanced acoustical performance- project in Sweden

Pilot-Credits EQpc57: Enhanced acoustical performance - exterior noise control
posted by Sandra Holmström on Feb 18, 2019, 3:23 am

We are pursuing this pilot credit for one Swedish Project. We also think it is good to look at exterior noise pollution and that the requirements could be a bit stricter since we have more strict...

Last reply: Cathal Heneghan, Dec 6, 2019, 7:54 am

Exterior Noise Control

Pilot-Credits EQpc57: Enhanced acoustical performance - exterior noise control
posted by Alan Burt on Nov 13, 2019, 6:10 pm

This project had several challenges related to exterior noise, it is in a busy area near downtown and at the time exposed to higher than typical noise levels from the exhaust system serving an...

Environmental noise impacts constantly evolving

Pilot-Credits EQpc57: Enhanced acoustical performance - exterior noise control
posted by Andrew Ondersma on Mar 13, 2019, 6:43 pm

For this credit our project had a unique challenge in that many adjacent city blocks were also under construction meaning that the environmental noise impacts to our site would be constantly...