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Book Title: The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise Author: Garret Keizer
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 978-1586485528 Pages: 400
Binding: Hardcover
Noise is usually defined as unwanted sound—loud music from a neighbor, the honk of a taxi- cab, the roar of a supersonic jet. But as Garret Keizer deftly illustrates, noise is as much about what we want as about what we seek to avoid. A byproduct of human striving since ancient times and a hallmark of industrial development, noise has emerged as a significant cause of stress, disease, and environmental degradation in our time. In a journey that leads from the primeval Tanzanian veldt to the modern streets of Mumbai, from the world’s biggest motor- cycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, to wind farms in Maine, Keizer invites us to listen to noise in history, in popular culture, and not least of all, in our own backyards. He examines noise and its political ramifications, the connection between income and noise exposure, and the sometimes the ironic relationship between economic growth and quality of life. The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want may change how we hear the world, and how we measure our own volume within it.
Title: Sound and Vibration Design Guidelines for Health Care Facilities; 1 January 2010; Public Draft 2.0—including guidelines for neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs)
Author: ANSI S12 WG44 and the Joint Subcommittee on Speech Privacy and Healthcare Acoustics, TC-AA.NS.SC, Technical Committee of the Acoustical Society of America on Architectural Acostics, Noise, and Speech Communication, the Institute of Noise Control Engineers and the National Council of Acoustical Consultants—Co-chairs: D. Sykes, G. Tocci, and W. Cavanaugh.
Pages: 81
This document was commissioned in 2006 to serve as the comprehensive “reference standard” for The Facility Guidelines Institute/American Society for Healthcare Engineering’s Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities and is cross-referenced to it. Version 2.0 supersedes previous editions 1.0 & 1.1. It has been completely revised, updated and re-designed in a user-friendly format to provide detailed information, constructive advice for designers and engineers, reference tables, case study photos, and charts and graphs. Sound and Vibration Design Guidelines for Health Care Facilities, intended to be used alongside the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities (2010 Edition), has already been adopted as the sole Reference Standard for two Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design “Environmental Quality” credits in the Green Guide for Health Care (www.gghc.org) and LEED for Healthcare (in draft).
Downloadable pdf copies are available from www.healthcareacoustics.org
Title: Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities; 2010 Edition Author: The Facility Guidelines Institute
ISBN: 978–0–87258–859–2
Pages: 412
Although the Guidelines have been accepted as building code by over 42 states, 7 U.S. federal agencies and several foreign countries, this is the first time in their 60-year history that they included comprehensive acoustical criteria for all aspects of noise, sound systems, speech pri- vacy and building vibration. The Guidelines is the only general document needed for the plan- ning, design, construction, operation and renovation of any type of licensed healthcare facili- ty. The Guidelines—a new edition of which appears every four years—have been in continu- ous existence since first authorized by the Hill Burton Act of 1947 and published by the Public Health Service. Hardcopy, binder, and CD available from: www.ashe.org
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