Building Acoustics
Toulon, PACA

In Toulon, the Mediterranean building fabric of the old centre undergoing renovation and the new developments of the Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée combine thermal and acoustic constraints: old separating walls to be reworked, inherited party walls and noisy premises at the foot of buildings. The A50 and A57 routes, the proximity of the harbour and the naval dockyard, and the noise classification of transport infrastructure demand sized façade sound insulation. As across the whole Var coast, the widespread use of outdoor heat pumps exposes projects to neighbourhood noise emergence disputes. An acoustic study conducted from the earliest sketch secures the insulation, equipment acoustics and the works completion certificate.

In Toulon, urban density, the widespread use of outdoor heat pumps and neighbourhood noise nuisance make the acoustic study decisive: from the design stage, to size the sound insulation and avoid disputes at handover, then at acceptance, to certify NRA compliance and regulatory noise emergence.