Useful Bibliography

We selected some publications that we consider useful in the area of acoustics in Portugal

Noise

• Portuguese Republic Legislation
  • DL 136-A/2019 (Harmonized European methods for calculating environmental noise)
  • DL 95/2019 (Applicable regime for the rehabilitation of buildings or building units)
  • Ordinance 305/2019 (technical standards of acoustic requirements in existing residential buildings)
  • DL 96/2008 (Regulation of Building Acoustic Requirements)
  • Ordinance 232/2008 (Documents for urban planning operations)
  • DL 278/2007
  • Rectification nº 18/2007
  • DL 9/2007 (General Noise Regulation)
  • Rectification nº 57/2006
  • DL 221/2006 (Sound Emission Limitation of Outdoor Use Equipment).
  • DL 182/2006 (Protection of workers against noise)
  • DL 146/2006 (Environmental Noise Assessment and Management)
• Azores Autonomous Region Legislation
  • Rectification nº 26/2010
  • Regional Legislative Decree 23/2010/A
• EU Legislation
  • Directive (EU) 2015/996 ( common methods of noise assessment according to Directive 2002/49/CE)
  • Directive (EU) 2015/996 (Directive Index)
  • Directive (EU) 2015/996 (Industries Part)
  • Directive (EU) 2015/996 (Roads Part)
  • Directive (EU) 2015/996 (Railway Part)
  • Directive (EU) 2015/996 (Aircraft Part)
  • Commission Recommendation 2003/613/EC (Guidelines on provisional calculation methods)
  • Directive 2002/49/EC (Environmental Noise Assessment and Management)
• APA Technical Notes
  • Technical note for the evaluation of the Noise descriptor in EIA – June 2010
  • Technical Notes for Noise Monitoring Reports – November 2009
  • Guidelines for the elaboration of Noise Maps (version 2 – June 2008)
  • Recommendations for the Organization of Digital Noise Maps (version 2 - June 2008)
  • Technical manual for preparing Municipal Noise Reduction Plans – April 2008 – Cecília Rocha, A.P. Oliveira de Carvalho
  • Noise maps demonstration pilot project. – Francisco Ramos Pinto, Margarida Guedes, Maria João Leite
  • Criteria for analysis of exposure-impact relationships from infrastructures of transport noise – CAPS-IST, December 2009 – J. L. Bento Coelho, António José Ferreira
• CCDR ALG Documents
  • Acoustic characterization of Portimão and Praia da Rocha (2000) – Jorge Lourenço, João Dantas, Luís Tavares
  • Sound Reduction in Downtown Albufeira (fixed sources), 1998
  • Noise Reduction in Downtown Faro (fixed sources), 2003 – Jorge Lourenço, João Dantas, Luís Tavares, Fernando Pereira
  • Sound Reduction in Downtown Lagos (fixed sources), 1999
  • Sound Emissions in Algarve, 1988-1998 – Jorge Lourenço, João Dantas, Luís Tavares
  • Faro Acoustic Characterization, 1999
  • Sound Reduction on Tomás Cabreira Avenue – Rocha Beach (fixed sources), 2000
• IPAC Criteria
  • Customer Circular 2/2007 (ambient noise sample Representation
• LNEC Criteria
  • Sampling criteria in building acoustics (2009)
• UK Criteria
  • Low Frequency Noise Assessment Criteria (2005) – Andy Moorhouse, David Waddington, Mags Adams
  • Low Frequency Noise Assessment Procedure (2005) – Andy Moorhouse, David Waddington, Mags Adams
• USA Criteria
  • Noise and Vibration Criteria (2006) – Carl E. Hanson, David A. Towers, Lance D. Meister
• Interim forecasting Methods
  • ECAC.CEAC Doc. 29 (2005)
  • ISO 9613-2 (2003) Description
  • NMPB (2003) Description
  • SRMII (2003) Translation
• European Workgroups
  • Common NOise ASSessment MethOdS in EU (CNOSSOS-EU) (Maio 2010)
  • Good Practice Guide on Port Area Noise Mapping and Management (2008)
  • Good Practice Guide on Port Area Noise Mapping and Management (Anexo Técnico) (2008)
  • Good Practice Guide for Strategic Noise Mapping and the Production of Associated Data on Noise Exposure (2007)
  • Determination of Lden and Lnight using measurements (2006)
  • Adaptation and revision of the Interim European Noise Prediction Methods (2003)
• Articles
  • Fast Determination of the Acoustic Area of Influence of Roads, Railways, Airports and Industries (2010) – Vitor Rosão, Carlos Rosão, Eusébio Conceição
  • Rail Traffic Noise Monitoring Specialties (2010) – Vitor Rosão, Eusébio Conceição, Liliano Abreu
  • Railway Traffic Noise Modeling (2008) – D. Alarcão, J. L. Bento Coelho
  • In Search of the Best Legal Limits for Environmental Noise (2008) – Vitor Rosão, Teresa Marques, Rui Leonardo, Eusébio Conceição
  • Schools special sensitivity to Outdoor Noise (2008) – Vitor Rosão, Teresa Marques, Eusébio Conceição
  • Limitations and Alternative Options of Modeling in the Noise Component (2006) – Vitor Rosão, Sónia Antunes
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Noise (2006) – Vitor Rosão, Margarida Braga

Vibration

• Portuguese Republic Legislation
  • DL 46/2006 (Workers Protection against vibrations)
• Ordinance 457/83 (Damage Protection in buildings due to explosions)
• EU Legislation
• LNEC Criteria
  • Continuous Vibration Criteria (2001) – Fernando Schiappa de Azevedo, Jorge Patrício
• USA Criteria
  • Noise and Vibration Criteria (2006)
• Articles
  • Predicted Vibration Perfoming Measurements (2010) – Vitor Rosão, Eusébio Conceição, C. César Rodrigues
  • NP 2074 Improvements – Pedro Bernardo, Carlos Dinis da Gama
  • Swedish Method of Vibration Prediction (2000)