Benefit/Cost Analysis of Interdwelling Noise Control in Multifamily Dwellings

Abstract

This thesis was undertaken to perform a benefit/cost analysis of interdwelling noise control in multifamily dwellings. Specifically, the benefit/ cost analysis was performed to determine whether multifamily dwelling owners would find it economically beneficial to provide multifamily dwellings that are insulated from interdwelling noise. In other words, does the marginal benefit to the owner (additional monthly rent) exceed the marginal cost of providing the added insulation? A questionnaire was used to survey tenants of one multifamily apartment complex in Monterey, CA to show that a market does indeed exist for sound insulated multifamily dwellings (ie: tenants are willing to pay to attenuate interdwelling noise), and that the amount they are willing to pay is relatively large compared to the marginal cost of providing the added interdwelling sound insulation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245273

Entities

People

  • Paul K. Augustine
  • W. D. Rowlands

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Insulation
  • California
  • Construction
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Families (Human)
  • Field Tests
  • Floor Coverings
  • Housing (Dwellings)
  • Insulation
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Mechanical Equipment
  • National Governments
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Housing Policy Studies in Military Families with Privatization and Telomerase Allowance Units, Multi-Family Housing, and Telomere Lengths.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems