Assessment of the noise quality of schools rooms within the GIOCONDA project

The main objective of the LIFE project GIOCONDA is to support the authorities with an innovative methodology that can effectively assist policies on environment and health by involving the young citizens in the decision-making processes. Gioconda combines two approaches: one based on air and noise pollution monitoring and the other based on the risk perception of teenagers and their willingness-to-pay (WTP). A web based platform will collect the data and will allow the interaction among the local stakeholders. The data have been collected in eight schools in four cities around Italy, where the Gioconda activities are carried out. The measurements of noise exposure, and building acoustics parameters have been carried out in 3 rooms in each school. The results of the monitoring campaigns have been analysed in order to present to students, to their parents and to policy makers the overall status of the pollution in the rooms and to inform them on the related consequences on the quality of the studying environment. The results shown in this work will enhance the awareness of the acoustics issues in schools in order to facilitate the participative processes. These results will be related to the risk perception of the students, and will contribute to produce recommendations to improve their environment through single behaviour and community policies.