Steve Mitchell says he has devoted his career to “the sounds of silence.” Mitchell is one of the founding owners of Noise Barriers LLC, based in Libertyville and specializing in architectural and ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — It’s the second busiest intersection in all of Indiana, with an average of 214,000 cars and trucks coming through each and every day. Soon, the North Split in the heart of ...

Connie Trier of Everett writes: Our driving group has been discussing noise barriers. We want to know how much costlier it is to put up scenic barriers as opposed to plain old concrete. A scenic noise ...

In a bid to combat escalating traffic noise pollution, a novel study presents a semianalytical meshless method to optimize the acoustic performance of sound barriers. The research focuses on enhancing ...

Solar noise barriers are not a new technology. There are thousands of miles of noise barriers already sporting slick solar systems. Many of these systems have been installed in Europe, although the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is developing methods of using cost-benefit analyses to assess noise around airports. The costs and benefits of reducing highway noise have received less ...

There's no question that noise from cars, trucks and motorcycles traveling Interstate 26 creates a steady din that bothers many living in North Charleston's Northwood Estates neighborhood, and there's ...

The most obvious way to get rid of ambient noise is to employ some form of passive or active noise cancellation (ANC). The type of ANC we’re familiar with today was coined in 1989 by Dr. Amar Bose ...

For homes too close to highways, the sound of silence may be close at hand. A sonic barrier that relies on pre-crimped aluminium may be able to block a wider range of traffic sounds than ever before.