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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2015-996/annex/division-ASSESSMENT/division-2/division-2.8/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2015/996",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996 of 19 May 2015 establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2015-996",
  "path": "annex/division/ASSESSMENT/division/2/division/2.8/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Determination of the number of inhabitants of a building",
  "text": "The number of inhabitants of a residential building is an important intermediate parameter for the estimation of the exposure to noise. Unfortunately, data on this parameter is not always available. Below it is specified how this parameter can be derived from data more readily available.\nSymbols used in the following are:\nBA base area of the building\nDFS dwelling floor space\nDUFS dwelling unit floor space\nH height of the building\nFSI dwelling floor space per inhabitant\nInh number of inhabitants\nNF number of floors\nV volume of residential buildings\nFor the calculation of the number of inhabitants, either the following case 1 procedure or the case 2 procedure shall be used, depending on the availability of data.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2015/996/annex/division/ASSESSMENT/division/2/division/2.8/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:38.862218+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}