Assessment of community noise at commercial business area (government buildings) in the vicinity of Penang International Airport

• Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings
• Main Author: Haliza M.Z.N.; Syazwan N.A.M.; Suriani J.N.; Hafiidz J.M.; Shaharudin S.M.; Sarah I.Z.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: American Institute of Physics Inc. 2018
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85057268222&doi=10.1063%2f1.5066913&partnerID=40&md5=32ca8aa88a6a75956e379596245f7f54

Increasing in number of living people and vehicle has led to noise. So the purpose of this study is to do an assessment of community noise at commercial business area in the vicinity of Penang International Airport. Community noise includes noise from transportation. Although road traffic noise is the major contribution to community noise, but the area that located nearby to the airport, to some extent will be affected by aircraft noise. Equivalent Continuous Sound Level (Leq) in A-weighting is determined by conducting data sampling. This study will contribute to management and planning of the selected commercial business area in terms of government buildings in developing a more sustainable city in the aspect of noise pollution. There are four government buildings that have been selected for sampling location. All these locations are located 3.0km radius from the center of the Penang International Airport runway. The LAeq values obtained are analyzed descriptively and statistically. Comparison with the Planning and Guidelines for Noise and Limits Control produced by Department of Environmental Malaysia (DOE) were made. Although road traffic noise is the major contribution to community noise, certain area located close to the airport are affected by the aircraft noise. © 2018 Author(s).