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BUILDING ACOUSTICS
Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 283-311Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1260/1351-010X.19.4.283
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sustainable materials; natural materials; recycled materials; composite materials; green roofs; green walls; acoustic properties
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Acoustical sustainable materials, either natural or made from recycled materials, are quite often a valid alternative to traditional synthetic materials. The production of these materials generally has a lower environmental impact than conventional ones, though a proper analysis of their sustainability, through Life Cycle Assessment procedures, has to be carried out. Airborne sound insulation of natural materials such as flax or of recycled cellulose fibres is similar to the one of rock or glass wool. Many natural materials (bamboo, kenaf, coco fibres) show good sound absorbing performances; cork or recycled rubber layers can be very effective for impact sound insulation. These materials also show good thermal insulation properties, are often light and they are not harmful for human health. Furthermore, many of these materials are currently available on the market at competitive prices. There is however a need to complete their characterization, both from an experimental and a theoretical point of view, and especially to propose a standard and unique procedure to evaluate their sustainability. The paper presents an updated survey on the acoustical properties of sustainable materials, both natural and from recycled materials, including mixed and composite materials and systems such as green roofs and green walls, and is completed by a wide selection of recent related bibliography.
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