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Development of Guidelines for Indoor Environment in Apartment Remodeling Projects (아파트 리모델링의 실내환경 계획지침 개발)

  • Choi, Yoon-Jung
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2009
  • The final aim of this study was to propose guidelines for the indoor environment of apartment remodeling projects. The first task of this study was to understand the major elements and the actual condition of the remodeling for apartment unit by carrying out in-depth interviews on residents and specialists. The open-access interviews were conducted with interior designers who have a wide experience of apartment remodeling and residents who live in recently remodeled apartment units. The second task was to evaluate the actual condition of the indoor environment and to analyze the main factors that affect the indoor environment in remodeled apartment units. Field measurements were carried out in twenty apartment units occupied after remodeling, recording indoor environment elements (indoor temperature, globe temperature, relative humidity, $CO_2$, CO, PM10, TVOC, HCHO, illumination, and equivalent noise level). Moreover, resident interviews and researcher observations were carried out to determine the contents of the remodeled unit and to investigate the architectural and living factors(like ventilation characteristics, etc.) related to the indoor environment. The results are as follows. The remodeling elements generally included the changing of lighting fixtures and finishing materials in all the spaces, the integration of the balcony into the children's room, the installation of furniture in the kitchen and the entrance, the changing storage furnitures and equipments in the bathroom. The average levels of each unit of relative humidity, $CO_2$, TVOC, HCHO, equivalent noise level, and illumination were proved to be on the whole in inadequate condition. The factors that affect these indoor elements were classified as remodeling factors (remodeling amounts, extent balcony integration, and lighting fixture exchange), ventilation characteristics, and living factors. According to these results, this research proposed the guidelines for the indoor environment in apartment remodeling projects.

Indoor Noise limits of Apartment Houses for Road Traffic Noise by Psycho-acoustic Experiment (청감실험을 통한 도로교통소음에 대한 공동주택 내부소음 기준설정 연구)

  • Lee, Ju-Yeob;Kim, Hang;Song, Min-Jeong;Jang, Gil-Soo;Kim, Sun-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.83-86
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    • 2005
  • The aim of this study is to establish the indoor noise limits of apartment houses for mad traffic noise. To achieve this goal, psycho-acoustic experiments were carried out with the mad traffic sound sources modulated by the transmission loss characteristics of the external windows. As a result of this study, followings are suggested. 1) On correlation between dose level and psycho-acoustical response, the initial level of negative feeling is located on $40.1{\sim}40.6$ Leq dB(A). 2) On the degree of satisfaction to road traffic noise, near 35% Point being same dissatisfaction degree is to be assumed $40{\sim}41$ dB(A) of indoor noise level presented into three vocabulary. It is suggested to be reasonable level of 40 dB(A) on the indoor noise limits for intruding road traffic noise, and it is appropriate to be the 5dB level difference between grades.

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Characteristics of Transmission of Floor Vibration and Floor Impact Noise Due to Human Activities (거주자의 거동으로 발생하는 바닥진동의 층간 전달 및 바닥충격음의 음압레벨 특성 평가)

  • Lee, MinJung;Choi, HyunKi
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.5-13
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    • 2017
  • Noise complaints among neighbors in apartment building are mainly caused by floor impact noise that is structure born noise due to occupant induced floor vibration. To control this noise problems many researchers have investigated floor systems and finishing materials. Light-weight impact noise affects by finishing materials, but heavy-weight impact noise induced by heel impacts during normal walking or jumping of children is concerned with structural system and floor vibration. To figure out the characteristics of floor impact noise and transmission of floor vibration due to human activities, vibration tests were conducted in apartment buildings. Impact hammer, heel drop and walking activities were loaded at center of upstairs living room, and accelerations of slabs for both upstairs and downstairs and sound pressure levels for downstairs were measured. The acceleration ratio of transmitted floor vibration to downstairs and human induced vibration in upstairs was between 0.5 and 1.0 according to slab size, wall, and load type. And floor impact noise occurred in the range of natural frequency of slab.

The Management System and Effect of Floor Noise at Apartment Houses (공동주택 층간소음 해결을 위한 현장관리시스템과 그 효과)

  • CHA, SANGGON
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2014.10a
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    • pp.693-697
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    • 2014
  • 본 연구는 민원인(아래층)과 피민원인(윗층)간 전문상담사의 중재를 통해 층간소음 문제를 해결하는 층간소음 현장관리시스템의 실효성을 검증하였다. 민원인(아래층)과 피민원인(위층)의 층간소음 피해경향을 분석한 결과, 4,087건 중 80%에 해당하는 3,254건의 민원인들은 층간소음 발생장소를 바로 윗층을 지목하는 것으로 나타났고, 반면에 15%에 해당하는 피민원인들(윗층)은 피해를 받는 원인이 소음이 아니라 피민원인의 전화나 방문 등을 통한 잦은 항의를 지적하는 것으로 분석되었다. 1,304건의 현장 방문 민원건수 중 80%에 해당하는 1,050건을 대상으로 현장방문 컨설팅 전 후의 층간소음 저감 등 만족도 조사결과, 약 683건에 해당하는 65%정도의 민원인은 층간소음 현장관리시스템에 만족하고 있는 것으로 평가되었다.

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A Study on the Proper Vocabularies for Evaluating Floor Impact Sound in Apartment Houses Considering Rating Methods (평가방법을 고려한 공동주택 바닥충격음 평가어휘 선정에 관한 연구)

  • 이재연;김선우;송민정
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.14 no.7
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    • pp.626-631
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    • 2004
  • In this study, the extracted words from the former study such as annoying, loud, noisy, irritating, disagreeable, strident, disturbed, and dissonant are given to subjects in psycho acoustic experiment lab. And then, correlation analysis between the words and floor impact noise rating method were carried out. As a result of this study followings are suggested ‘Annoying’ is the word most accurately expressing the subjects’ unpleasant feeling of domestic floor impact noise. The results of this study could be basic materials for psycho acoustic experiments for criteria on floor impact noise and Sound Classification on Floor Impact Sound Insulation Performance.

A study on the method for calculation the floor impact sound (바닥충격음 예측법에 관한 연구)

  • 이성호;정갑철
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.184-190
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    • 2003
  • In this study, several methods for measuring floor impact sound were introduced. Among them, the simple methods (impedance method and diffuse index method) which can be easily applied to site works were investigated. Moreover, the comparison between the calculation results using diffuse index method and the experimental results measured in real apartment structures was conducted. Consequently, the modified diffuse index method, which can be practically used for predicting the performance of to the floor impact sound of apartment structures and can meet the allowable tolerance of Grade I (${\pm}$5㏈), was proposed.

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The Actual Conditions and Characteristics of Railroad Noise Level in Taegu Area in the Seoul-Pusan Line (대구지역 경부선 철도주변의 소음실태와 특성)

  • 민경섭;송희봉
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.9-16
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    • 1997
  • We investigated and analysed the actual conditions and characteristics of railroad noise levels for 17 sites in the vicinity of the Seoul-Pusan Line. The results i,we summarized as follows : 11 Railroad noise level ranged to 64 ~ 74 $L_{eq}$ dB(A) at day time and ranged to 60 ~ 72 $L_{eq}$ dB(A) at night time. 21 Increased night noise level depend on the increase of trains passing at night time. 31 The major factor of Increased noise level in the vicinity of stations are using loudspeakers and stream whistle on trains. 4) Decreased effect of noise according to distance is able to be described quantitatively using regression equations of multiplicative model. $L_{eq}$=$78.59^{X-0.056}$, n =25, r=-0.994, s.e. =1.007 $P_{av}$ = $105.68X^{-0.073}$, n =25, r =-0.997, s.e. = 1.007 Also increased and decreased effect of noise according to floor in apartment Is able to be described quantitatively using regression equations of multiplicative model. $L_{eq}$ = $64.238X^{0.0567}$, n = 39, r = 0.787, s.e. = 1.004 $P_{av}$ =79.963X0.0524, n =39, r =0.689, s.e. = 1.056 5) Average noise level in high floor is over 70 $L_{eq}$ dB(A) at day and night time. so more detailed soundproofing countermeasured in high floors apartment is required.

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