ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

ECW 568
OPEN-ENDED LAB REPORT
TITLE OF EXPERIMENT : NOISE LEVEL
DATE OF EXPERIMENT : 18 APRIL 2024
GROUP : GROUP 1
GROUP MEMBERS 1. SHEIKH ABDUL HAFIZ BAJUNAID BIN SHEIKH
ABDUL HAMID (2022855788)
2. NOOR MUHAMAD AZIM BIN NOOR ZIKRI
(2022830622)
3. MAS AYU AFRINA BINTI MOHD ANUWAR
(2022864618)
4. SITI NURZAHIRAH BINTI ZULKIFLY
(20222457654)
5. NIK AHMAD FATHIR BIN NIK SUHAIMI
(2022660006)

LECTURER : TS. SITI NURULHUDA MOHD. IMRAN

LEVEL OF OPENESS : 1

MARKS COMMENTS
INTRODUCTION
BASIC CONCEPTS
METHODOLOGY
RESULTS&ANALYSIS 1 2 3 4 5
DISCUSSION 1 2 3 4 5
CONCLUSION 1 2 3 4 5

TOTAL MARKS
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COURSE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

COURSE CODE ECW568
LEVEL OF OPENNESS 1
CATEGORY PARTIALLY OPEN ENDED
DEGREE OF OPEN-ENDED (%) 33
PERIOD OF ACTIVITY 1 WEEK

TITLE NOISE LEVEL

INTRODUCTION
Noise is derived from the Latin word ‘nausea’ implying ‘unwanted
sound’ or ‘sound that is loud, unpleasant or unexpected’. The noise
originates from human activities, especially the urbanization and the
development of transport and industry. Though, the urban population
is much more affected by such pollution, however, small town and
villages along side roads or industries are also victim of this problem.
Noise is becoming an increasingly omnipresent, yet unnoticed form of
pollution even in developed countries.

In measuring the noise level, temperature, humidity, atmospheric

pressure, wind, dust and from magnetic field can all affect the
performance of noise measuring instruments and the data measured.
Therefore, preparations on the procedures of measurement are very
PREAMBLE important in order to obtain the accurate data reading as well as to
achieve the objective of the experiment.

OBJECTIVES
1. To measure the level of noise at the selected study locations.
2. To analyze data and interpret the results of the noise level
experiment.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the laboratory activities, students would be able:
1. To acquire and develop sublime psychomotor skills in conducting
laboratory experiments.
2. To work as a team, demonstrate leadership and enhance
communication skills through discussion.

PROBLEM STATEMENT
UiTM Shah Alam is known to be one of the busiest campus. With the
increase of students’ enrolment, high traffic volume is expected
surrounding the campus and this significantly contribute to noise
PROBLEM STATEMENT
pollution. High noise level from the traffic will cause disturbance to
learning process in classroom. Perform a relevant experiment to
determine the noise level from traffic and identify the effects to
learning process in classroom.
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APPARATUS
Noise level meter

PROCEDURES

1. Switch on the noise level meter and select the desired

Response Time (Fast or Slow) and Frequency Weighting (A or
C).
2. Select the desired range.
3. Hold the instrument comfortably in hand or position on tripod.
Point the microphone toward the noise source, the sound
WAYS AND MEANS
pressure level will be displayed on the meter’s LCD display.
4. When MAX (maximum hold) mode is selected by pressing the
MAX key, the instrument captures and holds the maximum
noise level reading on the display. Press the MAX key again to
clear the MAX reading.

DATA ANALYSIS
All data collected and observed during the test must be tabulated in
proper format for easy verification and presentation of the technical
report

RESULTS, ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION

Each group is required to submit a technical report of the laboratory
results highlighting the apparatus used, the procedures undertaken for
the test, data acquisition process, analysis carried out and the
relevancy of the set-out output to address the given problem. The
RESULTS format of the technical report can be done according to the creativity
and the discretion of the group members.

The report must be submitted within SEVEN (7) days after the
completion of the test.
RESULT AND
ANALYSIS
RESULT & ANALYSIS

DATA & ANALYSIS

Day: Wednesday Date: 17/04/2024

Time: 15 minutes Weather: Sunny Day

Range: 50-100 dBA (Indoor)

50-100 dBC (Outdoor)

Location 1: Cafeteria Level 4 Location 2: Mainroad infront of UiTM

Time taken (min) Reading of noise level Time taken (min) Reading of noise level
(dBA) (dBC)
1.0 65.3 1.0 76.1
2.0 67.8 2.0 90.7
3.0 77.2 3.0 73.7
4.0 67.8 4.0 78.0
5.0 67.9 5.0 74.7
6.0 70.9 6.0 76.9
7.0 69.3 7.0 80.0
8.0 62.4 8.0 74.9
9.0 66.9 9.0 77.3
10.0 65.3 10.0 74.9
11.0 69.8 11.0 84.6
12.0 64.4 12.0 75.3
13.0 66.5 13.0 76.6
14.0 64.7 14.0 88.3
15.0 66.1 15.0 79.9

Table 1: Noise Reading of Location 1 and 2 in 15 minutes duration.

Intrepretation of Data

Figure 1: Noise Level Graph Difference between Location 1 and Location 2.

Figure 2: Frequency Vs Noise Level Graph at Location 1.

 Figure 3: Frequency Vs Noise Level Graph at Location 2.

Reading in 15 minutes Location 1 Location 2

Minimum Reading 62.4 73.7
Maximum Reading 77.2 90.7
Average Reading 67.5 78.8

Table 4: Shown the maximum, minimum and average reading of Location 1 and 2.
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX