# 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), Division: Determination of the number of inhabitants of a building

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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.
Symbols used in the following are:
BA base area of the building
DFS dwelling floor space
DUFS dwelling unit floor space
H height of the building
FSI dwelling floor space per inhabitant
Inh number of inhabitants
NF number of floors
V volume of residential buildings
For 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2015/996/annex/division/ASSESSMENT/division/2/division/2.8/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2015-996/annex/division-ASSESSMENT/division-2/division-2.8/division-1
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