The Institute of Acoustics (IOA) and Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and have launched two new briefing notes on mitigating the potential noise impacts of heat pumps.
Air source heat pumps and ground source heat pumps generate noise and can potentially cause significant adverse effects on people living nearby. With heat pumps being part of the Government’s strategy to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, CIEH and the IOA have worked together to provide information on how to mitigate the potential noise impacts.
The briefing notes – one general and the other for professional use – set out advice to enable the use of heat pumps as a source of low carbon heating and cooling, whilst minimising the risk that sound and vibration from the units will cause significant adverse impacts or a statutory nuisance to anyone nearby.
