12 Aug 2023

Skills Upgrading Series for Green Building Practitioners - (9) Noise and Vibration in Sustainable Built Environment (12 and 26 Aug 2023)

Co-organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council and BEAM Society Limited. 

Organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC), the series of Skills Upgrading courses are designed to give participants continuing education that is more in-depth than traditional CPD webinars. The first round of this Skills Upgrading programme started in March 2021 and was concluded in February 2022. From August 2022 to December 2023, another round of Skills Upgrading courses will be organised again by the HKGBC to enable practitioners to construct individual programme of weekend studies that meet their development needs.  

Course No. 9: Noise and Vibration in Sustainable Built Environment

This “Noise and Vibration in Sustainable Built Environment” course, which consists of two half-day lectures (total 6 hours) and is co-organised with BEAM Society Limited, will cover the following topics:  

  • Basic concepts:  period, wavelength, frequency, dB, sound pressure, sound power, sound intensity, A-weighting, sound measurement
  • Sound propagation:  attenuation along distances, 6 dB rule, reflection, refraction, diffraction, absorption, barriers, reverberation time, room modes
  • Human response:  human sensation, health effects of noise, speech intelligibility, acceptable noise levels
  • Vibration:  types of vibration, resonance, damping, Q factor, vibration isolation, transmissibility, isolation efficiency, vibration dose value
  • Noise control: control at source and along the path, enclosures and silencers, insulation, absorption materials, insertion loss, mass law, sound reduction index, impact noise isolation
  • Vibration control:  mass-spring-damper system, vibration isolation design procedure, issues to be considered, different types of isolators, inertia bases
  • Related credits in BEAM Plus NB v2.0 to be briefed by BSL staff 
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Target Audience:

Those who have not received formal training in noise and vibration. Those who have attended the same course on 5 Feb 2022 and 19 Feb 2022 need not attend as the course contents are similar.


Date: 12 and 26 Aug 2023 (Saturdays)

Time: 9:00am - 12:30pm (Registration starts at 8:45am)

Venue:  This course will be conducted in the form of webinar via Zoom



Trainers: 

Dr Keith NGAN, Adjunct Scientist, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya (former scholar at School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong)

Ir Irene LEUNG, Project Assessor, BEAM Society Limited  (responsible for a 40-minute lecture about BEAM Plus requirements on Day 2)

Event Detail
Event Name: Skills Upgrading Series for Green Building Practitioners - (9) Noise and Vibration in Sustainable Built Environment (12 and 26 Aug 2023)
Presented By:

Dr Keith NGAN, Ir Irene LEUNG
Date: 12 Aug 2023
Time: 9:00am – 12:30pm (Registration starts at 8:45 am)
Venue:

This course will be conducted in the form of webinar via Zoom
Capacity: 200
Credits:

6 CPD hours will be automatically uploaded to attendees' BEAM Pro/ BEAM Affiliate Individual Accounts.
Fee: HK$430.00 (HKGBC Members)
HK$650.00 (Non-HKGBC members)
Contact Person: Ms Joanna WONG
Contact Phone: 39948853
Contact Email: [email protected]
Programme:

12 August 2023

9:00am - 12:30pm

Talk by Dr Keith NGAN 



26 August 2023


9:00am - 12:30pm

Talk by Dr Keith NGAN and Ir Irene LEUNG
Language: Talk by Dr Keith NGAN – English; Talk by Ir Irene LEUNG on BEAM Plus - Cantonese

Guide for Online Payment

Important Notes:


  1. Lecture notes will be issued in electronic form before each lecture.  
  2. The organiser reserves the right to change the dates of the lectures in case of adverse weather conditions. 
  3. No Show / Cancellation – Cancellation must be made by email to [email protected] on or before 9 August 2023, 12:00 noon. Please quote your registration number in the email. There is NO refund on absence from the event and cancellation made after the deadline.
  4. A ‘Certificate of Attendance’ will be issued if a participant fully attends a topic (i.e. both lectures are attended). 

  5. Persons who have attended 8 or more different subjects (can be counted from the first course launched in March 2021, which was the first round of courses) under the Skills Upgrading series may apply for a “Comprehensive Certificate of Attendance” from the Secretariat to signify their achievement.

  6. Members of BSL can also enjoy the Member price. For details, please contact BSL Secretariat.

Limited seats. First come first served.