Apex Acoustics Ltd

En route to Nantes, France for the most ambitious and exciting presentation of my career at #Internoise2024 with Benjamin F. in Nantes. France 🎉🇫🇷. This is the first presentation of the proposals that we have developed to completely revise the way we deal with transportaion noise affecting residential development in the UK. The propsoals are to update BS 8233, which will come out for public consultation in September. If you can't make Room R2B at 16:40 tomorrow, we are presenting this at the Institute of Acoustics conference in September, and there will be a lunchtime webinar on Monday 30th September at 12 pm (formal announcment from IOA coming soon, detail in comments below). We are also presenting two other smaller-ground-breaking papers in Nantes: 1.     A soundscape exploration of how "Good PR is worth 10 dB": exploring how a music venue and residential area coexist harmoniously in Newcastle's Ouseburn Valley. Catch this presentation at 08:20 Monday morning in room I, the general #soundscape session. 2.     Integrating models for acoustic and thermal design of partially open windows: A simplified model, bridging the gap between comfort and energy efficiency. I have organised a session the sound insualtion of partially open windows with Lars Sommer Søndergaard and we have an exciting collection of international persepctives across 9 papers. Thursday Room R2A 8:40 till lunch time. These studies reflect our commitment to enhancing urban living through improving regulations and innovative acoustic solutions. We're pushing boundaries to create harmonious environments where sound, community, and wellbeing coexist. Looking forward to sharing our findings and engaging with fellow acoustics professionals in Nantes! #INTERNOISE2024 #AcousticEngineering #UrbanPlanning #SustainableDesign

Exciting growth at Apex Acoustics Ltd! We're thrilled to welcome four talented individuals to our team this summer: Alexander Lees returns as Principal Acoustic Consultant, bringing valuable experience from WSP and Cundall. Shona Briers, our summer placement student from Edinburgh University, has made significant contributions to our research on hybrid meeting room acoustics. Che Prunetti joins us for a year-long placement from University of Salford Acoustics Research Centre, ready to dive into acoustic projects. Gethin Hegarty, following his school placement, has impressed us with his Python coding, SketchUp skills, and content creation abilities. We're proud to foster both emerging talent and experienced professionals. Looking forward to the innovative solutions our expanded team will deliver! #TeamGrowth #AcousticConsulting #TalentDevelopment

Study: Street full of heat pumps makes 'almost no difference' to neighbourhood noise levels. Katy King. Charlotte Lee. Having more than one heat pump running in a street will not noticeably increase noise levels, Nesta study finds. Check out Stuart Stone's latest article 👇 https://incm.pub/4dmcPh5 #climatechange #sustainability #environment #decarbonisation #netzero

On Wednesday, I went to my first 6-fan commercial air test with Apex Acoustics Ltd and literally "the pressure" was on when one of the fans was trying to pop out of the canvas 😱 😄 .

Thank you Jillian Ambrose for your mythbusting series on #ASHPs, and for listening to my comments on noise. Noise is certainly something that needs to be taken into account, and when it is, it should not be an obstacle to the rollout of ASHPs. There's a lot more work to do - hopefully the MCS Standard will be simplified and made more transparent (Noise subcommittee meeting next week!), and planning authorities will feel comfortable using this standard for new build developments too. At Apex Acoustics Ltd we're developing a paper for the Institute of Acoustics conference this year on Planning for Noise from ASHPs. I'm intending to organise a conference session on noise from ASHPs at #Euronoise 2025, with Christoph Reichl, so do let me know if you'd like an invitation to that - the more voices around the table, the better! There have been many collaborators to date Peter Rogers, Angela Lamacraft, Matt Torjussen, Rebecca Hogg, Antonio José Torija Martínez, to name a few. https://lnkd.in/eu8PJiQ8

Myself and some Apex colleagues used one of our volunteer days on Friday at Ousbrough Wood pulling Himalayan Balsalm - an invasive non-native plant species. Thanks to the highly knowledgable staff at Durham Wildlife Trust for providing insight into the flora and fauna, and the lunchtime trip to Beamish Museum for ice cream!