Titel: Impact of wind turbine sound on annoyance, self-reported sleep disturbance and psychological distress
Författare: R. H. Bakker, E. Pedersen, G.P. van den Berg, R.E. Stewart, W. Lok, J. Bouma
Utgivare: Science of The Total Environment
Årtal: 2012
Ämnesord: Wind turbine sound; Annoyance; Sleep disturbance; Psychological distress; Structural equation modeling
Rapport via ScienceDirect
Sammanfattning: The present government in the Netherlands intends to realize a substantial growth of wind energy before 2020, both onshore and offshore. Wind turbines, when positioned in the neighborhood of residents may cause visual annoyance and noise annoyance. Studies on other environmental sound sources, such as railway, road traffic, industry and aircraft noise show that (long-term) exposure to sound can have negative effects other than annoyance from noise. This study aims to elucidate the relation between exposure to the sound of wind turbines and annoyance, self-reported sleep disturbance and psychological distress of people that live in their vicinity. Data were gathered by questionnaire that was sent by mail to a representative sample of residents of the Netherlands living in the vicinity of wind turbines.