Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the
European Acoustics Association
Forum Acusticum 2023


Politecnico di Torino
Torino, Italy
September 11 - 15, 2023





Session: A04-01: Monitoring and measurement (new indicators, sensors design, sensor networks, data processing...)
Date: Monday 11 September 2023
Time: 14:20 - 14:40
Title: OpeNoise: a free and open source project for environmental noise assessment
Author(s): J. Fogola, Arpa Piemonte – Environmental Protection Agency for the Piedmont, Via Pio VII 9, 10135 Torino, Italy
D. Grasso, Arpa Piemonte – Environmental Protection Agency for the Piedmont, Via Pio VII 9, 10135 Torino, Italy
S. Masera, Arpa Piemonte – Environmental Protection Agency for the Piedmont, Via Pio VII 9, 10135 Torino, Italy
P. Scordino, Arpa Piemonte – Environmental Protection Agency for the Piedmont, Via Pio VII 9, 10135 Torino, Italy
Pages: 67-73
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0063
PDF: https://dael.euracoustics.org/confs/fa2023/data/articles/000063.pdf
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Abstract

OpeNoise is a multi-platform, public and open-source noise assessment project, implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency of Piedmont Region (Arpa Piemonte - Italy), with the support of the Municipality of Turin and the Province of Turin. The goal is to provide a first-level and free access tool for public administrations, consultants, universities and companies in the field of environmental acoustics. The OpeNoise project is divided in three branches: an application for noise measurements through mobile devices, a tool for acoustic data analysis, developed in the R-Project framework for statistical computing, and a script for noise mapping, available within the free and open-source geographical system Q-GIS. This paper describes the major technical features of these tools, their possible practical uses, as well as some application examples and planned future developments.