A list of standards and guidance documents that are commonly used in acoustics, that are published by various organizations that include British and International standards agencies as well as guidance documents published by the UK government or trade bodies to ensure that all works carried out are to a recognised and agreed level of acceptance.

British and International Standards
  • BS 8233:2014 – Guidance on sound insulation and noise reduction for buildings
  • BS 4142:1997 - Method for rating industrial noise affecting mixed residential and industrial areas
  • BS 7445-1:2003 – Description and measurement of environmental noise. Guide to quantities and procedures
  • BS 7445-2:1991 ( ISO 1996-2: 1987) – Description and measurement of environmental noise. Guide to acquisition of Data pertinent to Land Use
  • BS 7445-3:1991 ( ISO 1996-3: 1987) – Description and measurement of environmental noise. Guide to application to noise limits
  • BS 5228-1:2009 - Code of practice for noise and vibration control on construction and open sites
  • BS EN 12354 Part 1:2000 - Airborne sound insulation between rooms
  • BS EN 12354 Part 2:2000 - Impact sound insulation between rooms
  • BS EN 12354 Part 3:2000 - Airborne and impact sound insulation against outdoor sound
  • BS EN 12354 Part 4:2000 - Transmission of indoor sound to the outside
  • BS EN 12354 Part 5:2009 - Sound levels due to the service equipment
  • BS EN 12354 Part 6:2009 - Sound absorption in enclosed spaces
  • ISO 9613-2: Acoustics - Attenuation of sound during propogation outdoors - Part 2: General method of calculation
  • BS EN ISO 140 - Measurement of sound insulation in buildings and building elements
  • ISO 140 Part 1: Requirements for laboratory test facilities with suppressed flanking transmission
  • ISO 140 Part 2: Determination, verification and application of precision data
  • ISO 140 Part 3: Laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of building elements
  • ISO 140 Part 4: Field measurements of airborne sound insulation between rooms
  • ISO 140 Part 5: Field measurements of airborne sound insulation of façade elements and façade
  • ISO 140 Part 6: Laboratory measurements of impact sound insulation of floors
  • ISO 140 Part 7: Field measurements of impact sound insulation of floors
  • ISO 140 Part 8: Laboratory measurements of the reduction of transmitted impact noise by floor coverings on a heavyweight standard floor
  • ISO 140 Part 9: Laboratory measurements of room to room airborne sound insulation of a suspended ceiling with a plenum above
  • ISO 140 Part 10: Laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of small building elements
  • ISO 140 Part 11: Laboratory measurements of the reduction of transmitted impact noise by floor coverings on lightweight reference floors
  • ISO 140 Part 12: Laboratory measurements of room to room airborne and impact sound insulation of an access floor
  • ISO 140 Part 13: Guidelines
  • ISO 140 Part 14: Guidelines for special situations in the field
  • ISO 140 Part 16: Laboratory measurement of the sound reduction index improvement by additional linings (2006)
  • ISO 140 Part 18: Laboratory measurement of sound generated by rainfall on building elements
  • BS EN 354:2003 - Measurement of sound in a reverberation room
  • BS EN 10534-1:2001 - Determination of sound absorption coefficient and impedance in impedances tubes. Method using standing wave ratio
  • BS EN 10534-2:2001 - Determination of sound absorption coefficient and impedance in impedances tubes. Transfer-function method
  • BS EN 11654:1997 - Sound absorbers for use in buildings. Rating of sound absorption
  • BS EN ISO 717-1:1997 – Rating of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements. Airborne sound insulation
  • BS EN ISO 717-2:1997 – Rating of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements. Impact sound insulation
  • ISO 717-1:2004 – Rating of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements. Part 1: Airborne sound insulation
  • ISO 717-2:2004 – Rating of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements. Part 2: Impact sound insulation
Guidance Documents
  • Building Bulletin 93:2015 (BB93)
  • HTM 08-01 – Health Sector Buildings: Acoustic Design Requirements
  • The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
  • BREEAM Hea 05 – Acoustic Performance (Education, Residential, Healthcare, Offices, Industrial, Retail, Prisons, Courts and others)
  • BREEAM Pol 05 – Noise Attenuation
  • The Calculation of Noise from Road Traffic (CRTN)
  • The Calculation of Railway Noise (CRN)
  • British Council for Offices Guide 2009 (Offices)
  • ANC Good Practice Guide, Acoustic testing of Schools
  • Court Service Design Guide (CSDG), HMCS 2010
  • Acoustics, Ventilation and Overheating Guide, January 2020
  • National Planning Policy Framework - Used for planning guidance and supersedes Planning Policy Guidance Note No. 24 (PPG24)
  • Building Regulations Approved Document E: Resistance to Passage of Sound
  • Robust Details (Residential)
  • WHO 'Guidelines for Community Noise'