This study combined long-term estimates of outdoor traffic noise levels at night (Lnight) with information on bedroom orientation and measures to abate noise to derive an estimate of indoor traffic noise levels at each participant's bedroom.
We also evaluated a) type of glazing and type of window (single, double, laminated, or triple glazing; or double window), b) bedroom orientation (facing the postal address street/side street/backyard), and c) frequency of closing windows during sleeping hours (always/often/seldom/never).
To derive indoor levels, we combined outdoor traffic noise levels with information about the bedroom's orientation and measures against noise.
Perhaps she will surprise the Tea Partiers, who find her an apposite embodiment of everything they loathe -- not a real American, she with her two Ivy-League educations, spectacular urbanity, empty kids' bedrooms and unclear sexual orientation.
Modifiers of individual exposure, such as the orientation of living and bedroom toward roads, window-opening habits, and sound insulation, were assessed by the questionnaire.
Modifiers of individual exposure, such as the orientation of living and bedroom toward roads, window-opening habits, and sound insulation, are assessed during the home visits, using questionnaires and visual inspection.
Among the three studied parameters, evaluation results indicate that natural ventilation performance of residential units was most affected by the relative position of the two window openings groups (i.e. bedroom windows and living room windows), followed by building orientation and doors positions.
Ask 300 freshmen at a summer orientation how many of them have shared bedrooms at home, he said, "and you might get 20 hands".
"Normally, the master bedroom would be southwest but, because we wanted to have the kids' rooms close, we accepted" a northeastern orientation, Mrs. Dan said.
Then there is the agony of cleaning out the childhood bedroom (who knew bagels looked like that when left untended for a year?) and the pretend college experience of orientation.
Through the use of CFD modeling, building orientation and spacing were adjusted, wind paths were created into internal zones, and two windows were constructed in each bedroom.
