Kensington Palace

  • RBA Client:PW Goddard
  • Project Date:Spring 2008

Originally built in the 17th-century, Kensington Palace is an official residence to the British Royal Family. RBA Acoustics were appointed to investigate noise from the boiler plant room which was causing sleep disturbance to the occupants. 

In order to rectify the problem, RBA undertook an investigation of the noise sources associated with the boiler room and a night-time noise survey to establish background noise levels within Kensington Palace.

An inadequately attenuated flue discharge fan and boiler room ventilation openings were discovered to be the main noise culprits therefore plant noise emissions were significantly above the otherwise prevailing night-time background noise levels at the palace. Working within the existing constraints of the historical building proved challenging, however RBA successfully provided attenuation solutions to substantially reduce environmental noise break-out from the boiler room.   

On commissioning, the measures resulted in a 25dBA of noise improvement – a substantial noise reduction within the palace to which the occupants were extremely satisfied with.