Health and well-being related to wind turbine noise exposure: Summary of results

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 2368-2368 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Michaud
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals Response to Noise Emitted by Wind Farms in People Living in Nearby Areas

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska ◽  
Kamil Zaborowski ◽  
Adam Dudarewicz ◽  
Małgorzata Zamojska-Daniszewska ◽  
Małgorzata Waszkowska
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Sound Pressure ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise ◽  
Health And Well Being

The aim of this study was to evaluate the perception and annoyance of noise from wind turbines in populated areas of Poland. A questionnaire inquiry was carried out among 517 subjects, aged 18–88, living within 204–1726 m from the nearest wind turbine. For areas where respondents lived, A-weighted sound pressure levels (SPLs) were calculated as the sum of the contributions from the wind power plants in the specific area. It has been shown that the wind turbine noise at the calculated A-weighted SPL of 33–50 dB was perceived as annoying or highly annoying by 46% and 28% of respondents, respectively. Moreover, 34% and 18% of them said that they were annoyed or highly annoyed indoors, respectively. The perception of high annoyance was associated with the A-weighted sound pressure level or the distance from the nearest wind turbine, general attitude to wind farms, noise sensitivity and terrain shape (annoyance outdoors) or road-traffic intensity (annoyance indoors). About 48–66% of variance in noise annoyance rating might be explained by the aforesaid factors. It was estimated that at the distance of 1000 m the wind turbine noise might be perceived as highly annoying outdoors by 43% and 2% of people with negative and positive attitude towards wind turbines, respectively. There was no significant association between noise level (or distance) and various health and well-being aspects. However, all variables measuring health and well-being aspects, including stress symptoms, were positively associated with annoyance related to wind turbine noise.

scholarly journals Health Effects Related to Wind Turbine Noise Exposure: A Systematic Review

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. e114183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesper Hvass Schmidt ◽  
Mads Klokker
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise

scholarly journals Toward a Survey-Based Assessment of Wind Turbine Noise: The Impacts on Wellbeing of Local Residents

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 5845
Author(s):  
Lida Liao ◽  
Yuliang Ling ◽  
Bin Huang ◽  
Xu Zhou ◽  
Hongbo Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Assessment Results

As a renewable energy source, wind energy harvesting provides a desirable solution to address the environmental concerns associated with energy production to satisfy the increasingly global demand. Over the years, the penetration of wind turbines has experienced a rapid growth, however, the impacts of turbine noise correspondingly become a major concern in wind energy harvesting. Recent studies indicate that the noise emitted by turbine operating could increase the risk of nuisance, which might further affect the well-being of local residents. However, the main factors affecting turbine noise assessment and to what extent they contribute to the assessment are still unclear. In this study, a survey-based approach is developed to identify these major factors and to explore the interactions between the factors and assessment results. Principal component analysis method was adapted to extract key factors; followed by reliability assessment, validity analysis, descriptive assessment, and correlation analysis were conducted to test the robust of the proposed methodology, as well as to examine the interactions between variables. Regression analysis was finally employed to measure the impacts on results contributed by the key factors. Findings of this study indicate that key factors including physical conditions, control capacity, and subjective opinions are of significant impact on residents’ response to wind turbine noise, while the factor of subjective opinions contributes predominately to the assessment results. Further validations also indicate that the proposed approach is robust and can be extensively applied in survey-based assessments for other fields.

scholarly journals Estimating annoyance to calculated wind turbine shadow flicker is improved when variables associated with wind turbine noise exposure are considered

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 1480-1492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia A. Voicescu ◽  
David S. Michaud ◽  
Katya Feder ◽  
Leonora Marro ◽  
John Than ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise

scholarly journals Investigation of occupational noise annoyance in a wind turbine power plant

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 798-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad R Monazzam ◽  
Seyed A Zakerian ◽  
Zeinab Kazemi ◽  
Mohammad H Ebrahimi ◽  
Maryam Ghaljahi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Noise Sensitivity ◽  
Wind Power Plant ◽  
Occupational Noise ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise ◽  
Noise Annoyance ◽  
Exposure Age

Noise, emitted by wind turbines, is one of the main health risk factors which has been recently considered in many researches. Noise annoyance is among the most important human responses to noise. The aim of this work was to modeling of annoyance due to noise at workplace coming from wind turbines in workers. All workers of a wind power plant consisted the study sample. The equivalent noise level was measured using a task-based method. Moreover, data related to noise annoyance and noise sensitivity were acquired by standardized methods. Based on the results, noise exposure, noise sensitivity, visibility, age, and experience affected noise annoyance. According to path analysis, the most indirect and direct effect on noise annoyance were attributed to noise exposure. Age, sensitivity, and noise exposure were positively associated to annoyance. It can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between age, experience, sensitivity to noise, and exposure to the wind turbine noise with noise annoyance.

scholarly journals Long-term Wind Turbine Noise Exposure and Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke in the Danish Nurse Cohort

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
V. Braüner E ◽  
Therming Jørgensen J ◽  
Duun-Henriksen A ◽  
Backalarz C ◽  
E. Laursen J ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise

scholarly journals Long-term wind turbine noise exposure and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation in the Danish Nurse cohort

2019 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 104915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvira V. Bräuner ◽  
Jeanette T. Jørgensen ◽  
Anne Katrine Duun-Henriksen ◽  
Claus Backalarz ◽  
Jens E. Laursen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise

scholarly journals Long-term wind turbine noise exposure and incidence of myocardial infarction in the Danish nurse cohort

2018 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 794-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvira V. Bräuner ◽  
Jeanette T. Jørgensen ◽  
Anne Katrine Duun-Henriksen ◽  
Claus Backalarz ◽  
Jens E. Laursen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise
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