TNEI’s Moise Coulon had a week to remember after scooping the Association of Noise Consultants (ANC) Best Diploma Project Award of 2014 at the ANC’s annual awards dinner on 24th June. Later that week the Institute of Acoustics (IOA) also published a Technical Contribution written by Moise in the IOA Acoustics Bulletin magazine.
Moise’s diploma project was entitled “‘Directivity of wind farm noise at noise sensitive receptor distances’, a topic which is of increasing importance as cumulative wind turbine noise assessments become key to maximising renewable energy generation in areas where turbines are already operating whilst ensuring the amenity of nearby residents is protected. The ANC noted that the project was ‘head and shoulders above the rest’ in a year that the standard was ‘unusually good’.
The Technical Contribution in the July / August edition of the Acoustics Bulletin focused on the complex wind speed referencing system used in wind farm noise assessment and discussed the various options available to wind farm practitioners and the advances and disadvantages of each method.
James Mackay, TNEI’s Technical Services Manager said: “‘We were delighted for Moise when we heard that he had won the award for the Best Diploma Project, it tops off a great twelve months for Moise during which time he has completed his IOA Diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control and developed a range of new software tools including modules designed to help our team undertake new sound power level tests in accordance with the IEC 61400-11 (2013) standard. Congratulations from the rest of the team here at TNEI!’
