- Author
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Weber, S. G.
- Title
- Building Research Translation: French Acoustical Comfort Standards. Final Report. Building Research Translation.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS TN 710-8
March 1978
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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residential buildings; noise reduction; building codes; acoustic insulation; ceilings (architecture); sound transmission; walls; floors; noise pollution; France; translations
- Abstract
- This report offers methods of providing levels of residential acoustical comfort which meet French specifications contained in the French order of June 1969, and some methods which may facilitate meeting the more stringent requirements of the Acoustical Comfort Standard. Two levels of solutions are thus identified: first, those which meet the basic French building code regulations; and, second, those which can bring dwelling units up to the French Acoustical Comfort Standard. Recent advances in acoustical knowledge as applied to residential construction created a need for this revision to the earlier edition to provide new examples of solutions which meet building code requirements as well as solutions qualifying for the Acoustical Comfort Standard Label.