Project Dates

Start: 2021

The Story

Noise pollution is a severe environmental issue nowadays. In Europe, every fifth European is affected by constantly high noise levels, which can cause stress and illnesses (e.g., cardiovascular diseases). Particularly along busy roads, railways, airports and production sites, residents are often impaired in living healthy lives. To protect neighborhoods from noise, it is necessary to build
noise barrier walls. While conventional noise barriers protect against noise, they contributed to other environmental issues such as climate change or environmental pollution and create hazardous waste at the end of their lifetime.

REEDuce offers the first ecological noise barrier technology, based on the materials reed, thermally treated wood and clay. Whileeffectively protecting against noise, the REEDuce noise barrier wall offers even more benefits:

• serves as a carbon sink and, thus, mitigates climate change
• is made primarily of renewable and locally sourced raw materials (incl. reed from Lake Neusiedl)
• is built in line with the circular economy, without producing hazardous waste at the end of its lifetime
• improves air quality by absorbing airborne particulate matter
• serves as an insect hotel, therefore increases biodiversity

Success Factor | Hero Moment

Noise pollution is a severe environmental issue nowadays. In Europe, every fifth European is affected by constantly high noise levels, which can cause stress and illnesses (e.g., cardiovascular diseases). Particularly along busy roads, railways, airports and production sites, residents are often impaired in living healthy lives. To protect neighborhoods from noise, it is necessary to build

noise barrier walls. While conventional noise barriers protect against noise, they contributed to other environmental issues such as climate change or environmental pollution and create hazardous waste at the end of their lifetime.

Submitter

REEDuce – Noise Protection Technologies