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6 Standards and Regulations for Product Noise Emissions
6 Standards and Regulations for Product Noise Emissions
Pages 89-100
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government's products into American markets and provide an incentive for interest in regulating product noise emissions based on evolv- manufacturers and purchasers to cooperate in "buy quiet" ing U.S. or international standards has advanced very little.
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Trade Representative in compliance and In this section standards-setting activities and associated enforcement issues.2 regulations are reviewed as they relate to noise emissions of machinery and equipment. IMMISSION VERSuS EMISSION Product Noise Emission Standards and Regulations To understand how noise standards and regulations af in the united States fect the ability of manufacturers to compete in national and international markets, it is important to distinguish between American National Standards Institute noise emission and noise immission.
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Unlike in the United States, however, European existence, from 1972 to 1982, when it was defunded by Con regulation of product noise emissions based on standards gress at the request of the Reagan administration, the office developed by regional and international standards bodies has promulgated only four product and six transportation noise been very active and expansive in recent decades. standards and was unable to implement product labeling or the Low-Noise Emission Product Program (Shapiro, 1991)
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spells out • The A-weighted sound power level emitted by ma- noise emission requirements in terms of guaranteed sound chinery must be reported wherever the A-weighted power levels for a wide variety of IT equipment, including emission sound pressure level at workstations exceeds equipment in data-processing areas, servers, printers and 80 dB(A)
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emy of Engineering workshop in June 2007, most Western are used by the EU in its directives on noise emissions from countries that are members of ISO provide funding for a outdoor equipment. central standards office; national dues to ISO and IEC; fund The ISO 11200 series describes methods of measuring ing for staff, including ISO or IEC committee secretariats and emission sound pressure levels (i.e., the level at the operator ISO working group secretariats; and funding or subsidies for or bystander's position measured in a controlled acoustical travel for members of ISO working groups.6 In sharp contrast, environment)
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The National Center for Standards and Certification Information could play a role in informing American manufacturers about ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION noise emission standards and requirements. The Calibration OF NOISE EMISSIONS Laboratory for Microphones is essential for accurate noise The EU Outdoor Equipment Directive (2000/14/EC)
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Therefore, U.S. tence of calibration and testing laboratories manufacturers must be present and committed to participat • I SO/IEC 17011, conformity assessment -- general ing in trade organizations and standards-making bodies that requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting con- develop the regulations and standards for product noise levels formity assessment bodies (Schomer et al., 2008)
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They can have a notified body perform the cal committee on product noise emissions and is working to required sound tests and write the reports and declaration develop a simple, easy-to-understand format for noise labels. of conformity.
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Experience Two different product groups have different ways of treathas shown that no manufacturers put this information on a ing product noise emissions in the same eco-label program. label on the product.
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technical in the United States for the same products. Noise emission experts on standards bodies that develop international stanvalues for some IT products used in homes and offices are dards for determining product noise emissions.
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2000. Permissible Sound Power Levels (dB(A)
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