We keep an eye on issues around the world that affect people and property in the built environment.
Listening to the People’s Park: How Soundscape Science Helped Designate Ireland’s Newest Quiet Area In March 2026, Limerick’s People’s Park became Ireland’s first Quiet Area outside Dublin — and the first anywhere in the country to be designated using a citizen science approach. Sonitus Systems …
SONITUS SYSTEMS: Guide to Noise Management for Event Organisers As every event manager will know, effective noise management is a core requirement for delivering compliant, well-run events. It supports licensing, protects community relations, and provides assurance to stakeholders. In fact, done right, it becomes an …
NYC Adopts New Noise Monitoring Requirement Under Existing Construction Noise Rules New York City has adopted a rule extending its existing construction noise regulations by introducing mandatory continuous noise monitoring for certain large construction projects carrying out after-hours work. Construction noise in New York City …
Ireland’s Clean Air Strategy is being updated against a very different regulatory and scientific backdrop than when the current framework was adopted. The recent consultation submission by the Environmental Justice Network Ireland highlights tightening EU limit values, expanded access to justice provisions, persistent agricultural ammonia …
Air Quality Indexes (AQIs) play an important role in translating environmental monitoring data into information that can be understood and acted upon by the public, policymakers, and service providers. In its 2026 report Air quality indexes: key considerations and roadmaps for best practices [https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/9789289062701], WHO …
How Local Authorities Can Lead Ireland’s Climate Delivery – With the Right Environmental Data Ireland’s next carbon budget begins in 2026, and local authorities will play a central role in achieving the national targets that the Climate Change Advisory Council warns we are currently missing. …
And Sonitus Systems is well positioned to support it! Ireland’s National Development Plan Review 2025 – Sectoral Capital Plan for the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE) commits more than €9.14 billion between 2026 and 2030 to decarbonisation, grid expansion, renewable energy, circular …
If you live, work, or spend time in Limerick, you can now see exactly what the air and noise levels are like where you are – live and online. Limerick City and County Council has launched a new public dashboard that shows real-time information about …
So much about environmental monitoring has changed over the past decade, from the technologies deployed on the ground, right through to increasingly urgent climate imperatives across both public and private sector projects. All of these changes have shifted the priorities towards more proactive and technically …
Sonitus Systems is delighted to be exhibiting at the Air Quality & Emissions Expo (AQE Expo), taking place at the NEC Birmingham on 17–18 September 2025. Part of the wider Environmental Services & Solutions Expo (https://www.ess-expo.co.uk), AQE brings together regulators, industry leaders, and technology providers …