Goals
Our new acoustics laboratory is currently being built on the TU campus Lichtwiese on the south-eastern outskirts of Darmstadt behind the mechanical engineering main building. Three acoustic laboratories are to be built in a facility currently under construction on the Lichtwiese campus of TU Darmstadt. The specialized interior design of the acoustic laboratories will be financially supported by funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union.
The funding from the ERDF funds of the European Union covered the user-specific interior fittings of these three laboratories, i.e. the special interior fittings with sound-absorbing wall and ceiling paneling, special doors, technical interior equipment, as well as a crane in the semi-anechoic room.
Results
With the new acoustics laboratories, TU Darmstadt received a significantly improved research infrastructure. The SAM department understands noise as a harmful environmental effect that needs to be minimized as far as possible through fundamental engineering research and subsequent knowledge transfer into practice. Therefore, the future acoustics laboratories will make a significant contribution to reducing noise. This in turn has direct positive implications for human health and the preservation of habitats and biodiversity. In the key area of mobility, acoustics takes on an interface function, so that the future acoustics laboratories also contribute to resource efficiency.
