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dc.contributor.authorAzkorra Larrinaga, Zaloa
dc.contributor.authorPerez, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorComa, Julia
dc.contributor.authorCabeza, Luisa
dc.contributor.authorBures, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorAlvaro, J.E.
dc.contributor.authorErcoreca González, Aitor
dc.contributor.authorUrrestarazu Gavilán, Miguel
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-08T10:15:54Z
dc.date.available2024-02-08T10:15:54Z
dc.date.issued2015-03
dc.identifier.citationApplied Acoustics 89 : 46-56 (2015)
dc.identifier.issn0003-682X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/65220
dc.description.abstractGreenery on buildings is being consolidated as an interesting way to improve the quality of life in urban environments. Among the benefits that are associated with greenery systems for buildings, such as energy savings, biodiversity support, and storm-water control, there is also noise attenuation. Despite the fact that green walls are one of the most promising building greenery systems, few studies of their sound insulation potential have been conducted. In addition, there are different types of green walls; therefore, available data for this purpose are not only sparse but also scattered. To gather knowledge about the contribution of vertical greenery systems to noise reduction, especially a modular-based green wall, two different standardised laboratory tests were conducted. The main results were a weighted sound reduction index (Rw) of 15 dB and a weighted sound absorption coefficient (α) of 0.40. It could be concluded that green walls have significant potential as a sound insulation tool for buildings but that some design adjustments should be performed, such as improving the efficiency of sealing the joints between the modular pieces.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank the FEDER of the European Union for financial support via the project “G-GI3000/IDIX SILENTVEG: Barreras vegetales autónomas y sostenibles para la mitigación acústica y compensación del CO2 en vías de transporte, con seguimiento telemático” of the “Programa Operativo FEDER de Andalucía 2007-2013”.es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherElsevieres_ES
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectvertical greenery systemses_ES
dc.subjectacoustic insulation
dc.subjectairborne sound insulation
dc.subjectsound absorption coefficient
dc.subjectnoise reduction
dc.subjecthydroponic systems
dc.titleEvaluation of green walls as a passive acoustic insulation system for buildingses_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_ES
dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. under CC BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)*
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003682X14002333
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.09.010
dc.departamentoesIngeniería Energéticaes_ES
dc.departamentoeuEnergia Ingenieritzaes_ES


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