Environmental Legislation and Noise Protection

This lecture covers the environmental legislation and construction law related to noise protection, including planning measures to reduce light emissions, regulations in master plans, noise sources, protection regimes, and the reduction of noise from railways. It also discusses the Swiss Federal Law on Environmental Protection, the Ordinance on Protection against Noise, and the sensitivity degrees to noise. The lecture emphasizes the importance of preventive measures at the source, the absence of emission limits in the Ordinance on Protection against Noise, and the different exposure limit values. Other topics include noise cadasters, sensitivity degrees, and exposure limits for road traffic and aircraft noise.