Impact of wind turbine sound on annoyance, self-reported sleep disturbance and psychological distress

Bakker, Roel; Pedersen, Eja; Berg, Frits van den; Stewart, Roy E.; Lok, Willem; Bouma, J.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.005

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“…The most cited effects on human health refer to emotional changes, namely agitation, distraction, disappointment, stress, hypertension [7,[16][17][18] and the association of low-frequency noise with cognitive impairments [19], the development of cardiovascular diseases [20,21], disturbances in sleep and heart rate [22][23][24] and hypertension [25,26].…”

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The Influence of Low-Frequency Noise Pollution on the Quality of Life and Place in Sustainable Cities: A Case Study from Northern Portugal

2015

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Discussing urban planning requires rethinking sustainability in cities and building healthy environments. Historically, some aspects of advancing the urban way of life have not been considered important in city planning. This is particularly the case where technological advances have led to conflicting land use, as with the installation of power poles and building electrical substations near residential areas. This research aims to discuss and rethink sustainability in cities, focusing on the environmental impact of low-frequency noise and electromagnetic radiation on human health. It presents data from a case study in an urban space in northern Portugal, and focuses on four guiding questions: Can power poles and power lines cause noise? Do power poles and power lines cause discomfort? Do power poles and power lines cause discomfort due to noise? Can power poles and power lines affect human health? To answer these questions, we undertook research between 2014 and 2015 that was comprised of two approaches. The first approach consisted of evaluating the noise of nine points divided into two groups "near the source" (e.g., up to 50 m from power poles) and "away from the source" (e.g., more than 250 m away from the source). In the second approach, noise levels were measured for 72 h in houses located up to 20 m from the source. The groups consist of residents living within the distance range specified for each group. The measurement values were compared with OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 13921 the proposed criteria for assessing low-frequency noise using the DEFRA Guidance (University of Salford). In the first approach, the noise caused discomfort, regardless of the group. In the second approach, the noise had fluctuating characteristics, which led us to conclude that the noise caused discomfort.

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The Influence of Low-Frequency Noise Pollution on the Quality of Life and Place in Sustainable Cities: A Case Study from Northern Portugal

2015

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“…-Bakker [11] Another source of bias was that three of the studies were reviews of previous literature [6,12,17].…”

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Systematic Review 2013: Association between Wind Turbines and Human Distress

Arra¹,

Lynn²,

Barker³

et al. 2014

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“…It has also been found that terrain characteristics and urbanization affect the perceived annoyance from the wind turbine noise. In particular, people living in the areas with other background noises are less affected than those from the quiet areas (Pedersen, Persson Waye, 2007;Bakker et al, 2012).…”

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Annoyance Related to Wind Turbine Noise

Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska¹,

Dudarewicz²,

Zaborowski³

et al. 2015

Archives of Acoustics

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A questionnaire inquiry on response to wind turbine noise was carried out on 361 subjects living in the vicinity of 8 wind farms. Current mental health status of respondents was assessed using Goldberg General Health Questionnaire GHQ-12. 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.Generally, 33.0% of respondents were annoyed outdoors by wind turbine noise at the calculated A-weighted SPL of 31-50 dB, while indoors the noise was annoying to 21.3% of them. The proportion of subjects evaluating the noise produced by operative wind turbines as annoying decreased with increasing the distance from the nearest wind turbine (27.6% at the distance of 400-800 m vs 14.3% at the distance above 800 m, p < 0.016). On the other hand, the higher was the noise level, the greater was the percentage of annoyed respondents (14.0% at SPL up to 40 dB vs 28.1% at SPL of 40-45 dB, p < 0.016). Besides noise and distance categories, subjective factors, such as general attitude to wind turbines, sensitivity to landscape littering and current mental health status, were found to have significant impact on the perceived annoyance. About 50% of variance in annoyance rating might be explained by the aforesaid subjective factors.

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Impact of wind turbine sound on annoyance, self-reported sleep disturbance and psychological distress

Cited by 169 publications

References 35 publications

The Influence of Low-Frequency Noise Pollution on the Quality of Life and Place in Sustainable Cities: A Case Study from Northern Portugal

The Influence of Low-Frequency Noise Pollution on the Quality of Life and Place in Sustainable Cities: A Case Study from Northern Portugal

Systematic Review 2013: Association between Wind Turbines and Human Distress

Annoyance Related to Wind Turbine Noise

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