Noise is a form of pollution and can affect the quality of life of those exposed to it.  Excessive levels of noise can lead to hearing impairment.  For this reason, limits are set to control the level of noise that people can be exposed to.  There are two distinct types of noise for regulatory purposes; occupational noise and environmental noise.

Occupational noise is the noise a worker is exposed to as part of his or her employment.  The protection of workers from occupation noise is currently governed by the Control of Noise at Work Regulations  which have replaced the EC (Protection of Workers) (Exposure to Noise) Regulations, 1990.  For more click

Environmental noise is the noise audible outside the site boundary.  Both the EPA and local authorities have the power to impose noise limits and impose sanctions for breaches of noise.  Environmental Efficiency can measure noise levels and advise on how to reduce noise levels.  For more click

Environmental Efficiency can undertake a wide range of noise monitoring plus computer modeling of noise to enable prediction of noise levels at site boundaries and Noise Sensitive Locations.