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BS CP153-3(1972) : 1972

Withdrawn

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WINDOWS AND ROOFLIGHTS - WINDOWS AND ROOFLIGHTS - SOUND INSULATION

Withdrawn date

28-09-2012

Published date

23-11-2012

Foreword
1. GENERAL
1.1 Scope
1.2 Performance and costs
1.3 Types of windows
2. MEASUREMENT OF SOUND
2.1 The decibel scale
2.2 Loudness
2.3 The dB(A) scale
3. CONTROL OF NOISE
3.1 Transmission of sound
3.2 Sound insulation
4. THE SOUND INSULATION PERFORMANCE OF WINDOWS
      AND ROOFLIGHTS
4.1 Effect of openings
4.2 Ventilation
4.3 Performance categories
4.4 Field and laboratory measurements
4.5 Design principles
4.6 Rooflights
4.7 Thermal effects of double windows installed
      primarily for sound insulation
5. NOISE LEVELS
5.1 External noise climate
5.2 Desirable limits for intrusive noise in buildings
5.3 Sound insulation requirements
5.4 Effects of height of buildings
6. THE SELECTION OF WINDOW TYPES AND SIZES
6.1 Effects of building design and siting
6.2 Curtain walling
6.3 Fixed and openable windows
6.4 Use of double windows
6.5 Automatically controlled windows
7. SONIC BOOMS
7.1 Effects on windows
APPENDIX
A. Further reading
TABLES
1. Sound insulation values for closed windows
2. Range of noise levels at locations in which traffic
      noise predominates
3. Tolerable noise levels (not exceeded for more than
      10% of the time)
4. Effect of window size on the sound insulation of
      40 dB and 50 dB external walls
FIGURE
1. Analysis of traffic noise and window insulation

Describes sound transmission through windows, rooflights and glazed curtain walling. An extension, of the more basic information on sound transmission and insulation in buildings is given in CP 3: Chapter III. Covers performance and costs, types of windows, measurement of sound, control of noise, the sound insulation performance of windows and rooflights, noise levels, the selection of window types and sizes and sonic booms.

Committee
B/538
DevelopmentNote
Inactive for the new design. Supersedes 69/11296 DC (08/2005)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Withdrawn

BS 6262:1982 Code of practice for glazing for buildings
BS 6462:1985 Specification for mechanical performance of peg-type casement stays and face-fixed wedge-action fasteners
BS 8200:1985 Code of practice for design of non-loadbearing external vertical enclosures of buildings

BS CP3:CH3(1972) : AMD 1385 CODE OF BASIC DATA FOR THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS - SOUND INSULATION AND NOISE REDUCTION
BS CP352(1958) : LATEST MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING IN BUILDINGS

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