Noise pollution at school environment located in residential area

• Main Authors: Ibrahim, Zulkepli, Richard, Hazel Kiddo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Civil Engineering, UTM 2000
• Subjects: HT Communities. Classes. Races; TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8430/1/ZulkepliHjIbrahim2000_NoisePollutionAtSchoolEnvironmentLocated.PDF; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8430/; http://portal.psz.utm.my/psz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&Itemid=305&PHPSESSID=81b664e998055f65b4ccff8f61bf7cb2

Noise pollution around the educational area can negatively affect the performance of both teachers and students. The noise level should be around the range of 35 dBA to 55 dBA in the school area. Little attention has been given by individuals or government concerning noise pollution in schools' surrounding. A study of this problem is presented in this paper by doing some measurement on the noise level at schools located in residential areas case study at Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Skudai, Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Universiti IV and Sekolah Menengah Taman Universiti has been conducted to measure noise level in its surrounding. The results from this study shows that the rate of noise level in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Skudai is very high and not suitable for schools' environment.