New network set to focus on reducing noise

A network of engineers, policymakers, industry stakeholders and scientists, are set to focus on reducing noise pollution and building a healthier environment. Noise is often overlooked, but carries significant consequences human health and wildlife. Noise Network Plus is a research partnership that will focus on promoting conscious design processesto create quieter products, buildings, and transportation systems. Collaborators in the project are the University of Surrey, City St George's University of London, the University of Bath, and the University of Salford. The work is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and part of their wider network-based community engagement initiative to address ‘Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges’ (TERC), launched today which focuses on tackling the most pressing issues facing the engineering sector. The launch of Noise Network Plus is18th March at the Royal Academy of Engineering, and will bring together people from engineering with researchers, industry, professional institutions, policymakers, charities, and other stakeholders, to identify the challenges that need to be addressed, and plan how the Network can them.