Staying compliant with a local outdoor noise ordinance is a huge part of the reason that businesses use sound barriers walls to help minimize offensive sounds.

Employee safety and equipment health are more reasons to keep excessive noise to a minimum. Protecting people and the environment tops that list as well.

Major Contributors Of Outdoor Sounds

• Traffic and Highways
• Generators Sound and Natural Gas Compressor Stations
• Air Conditioning Units
• Utility Substations
• Commercial Shopping Malls
• Airports
• Schools
• Sports Arenas and Raceways
• Bus Terminals

Using Noise Mitigation Methods To Eliminate Sound

New technologies and research have led to the development of sound-absorption treatments that do more than just bounce sound around like reflective concrete sound barriers.

These systems “trap” the noise inside the wall where it is taken on a trip through sound dampening materials that reduce the effect of sound waves before allowing them to exit with a much lesser effect.

Benefits of Installing Sound Walls

These walls are called sound walls because they absorb the sound instead of reflecting it like traditional concrete walls.

1. Minimize The Effect of Sound on Neighbors
2. Protect The Health of Local Wildlife and Habitats
3. Improve Employee Safety Hearing
4. Reduce Health Problems with an increased stress, irritability, and blood pressure
5. Comply With Local Noise Ordinances

Why Noise Reduction Is So Important

The Environmental Protection Agency¹ says that commercial equipment produces noise that puts the health of the public in danger.

People can suffer long term effects from loud sounds including reduced sleep and mood swings.

These negative effects impact work and home life creating problems like violent outbursts, constant bickering, inability to pay attention, blood pressure rises, heart disease, and the potential for death.

Minimizing Sound to Improve Residential Environment

The National Institute of Health² says that the longer a person is subjected to loud noises, the more harm happens. The closer a person is to the source of the offensive sound, the more dangerous the effects of the noise.

When one cannot get away from the train tracks down the block or the highway behind the house, then something must happen to protect the public.

Our outdoor sound barriers walls get rid of the sound from traffic along Interstates and major thoroughfares.

The reduction of offensive sounds makes it much more enjoyable for people in residential areas allowing them to spend more time outdoors. Families can walk to the park or ride bicycles without dealing with noise when well-designed, sound-absorptive walls are used to eliminate unwanted noise.

Profound Effects From Outdoor Noise Pollution

The NIH says that more people are suffering death from heart disease caused by noise pollution. Reducing the levels of sound that affect the public is more vital now than ever with new technologies like cell phones that can produce more than 85 decibels of noise, the level at which hearing loss occurs.

The NIH says that mobile devices can output as much as 105 decibels on high volume.

Sound barrier panels for commercial and residence kill noise instead of reflecting it. These exterior walls make life more enjoyable, safer, and convenient for residents living near Interstates, large retail outlets, and factories.

References:

https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-noise-control-act¹

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2072857/v²