Publications

Neighbour noise is a significant problem having had insufficient attention for decades, both for existing housing and new housing. Time had come to solve the challenges by establishing a common framework in building acoustics throughout Europe. As a consequence, the research network, COST Action TU0901 “Integrating and Harmonizing Sound Insulation Aspects in Sustainable Urban Housing Constructions” was established to initiate and support a process towards such framework.

COST TU0901 considered the main tool to be an acoustic classification scheme for dwellings –implying definition of a number of quality classes– combined with knowledge about housing constructions complying with the class criteria.

Research in warble fly infestation.

The Final Report of an Action that has actively involved more than 100 urban researchers, professionals and policy experts from 22 countries, representing a great variety of cities and organizations, professional expertise and scientific disciplines in social science, humanities, architecture, engineering and natural science. The Action has studied 15-20 innovative urban projects and processes in the participating countries, meaning either whole projects which were innovative in their entirety, or parts of projects which effectively demonstrated innovation. They also organised a sequence of workshops with thematic focus on different urban issues, illustrated by local urban projects/processes, with the objective to investigate the role of urban knowledge and Urban Knowledge Arena in urban development. Complementary to this, a series of theoretical and conceptual seminars have been held.