Arup partners with Danish Sound Cluster to combat environmental noise pollution

As a cooperation platform, Danish Sound Cluster brings together knowledge institutions and the industry to develop viable acoustics solutions that reduce noise pollution and can help improve residents’ quality of life.

Arup and Danish Sound Cluster will work together to measure the impact of noise produced by urban traffic and analyse its effect on human health, and study underwater noise pollution stemming from the construction of offshore wind farms.

Arup’s Living Lab for Urban Nature in Copenhagen will serve as a test bed to understand the effect of nature solutions such as flower beds and vertical rain gardens on lowering noise pollution. The partnership between Arup and Danish Sound Cluster will investigate aspects related to Natural Capital Accounting and seek to assign monetary value to the effects of noise on health.