Chapter 22. Serbia

Neighbour noise is a significant problem having had insufficient attention for decades, both for existing housing and new housing. Time had come to solve the challenges by establishing a common framework in building acoustics throughout Europe. As a consequence, the research network, COST Action TU0901 “Integrating and Harmonizing Sound Insulation Aspects in Sustainable Urban Housing Constructions” was established to initiate and support a process towards such framework. COST TU0901 considered the main tool to be an acoustic classification scheme for dwellings –implying definition of a number of quality classes– combined with knowledge about housing constructions complying with the class criteria. The findings from COST TU0901 are presented in two books with the joint main title “Building acoustics throughout Europe”. Volume 2 consists of country chapters describing the national housing stock, construction types and related sound insulation performance in countries involved in COST TU0901. This particular chapter presents the situation in Serbia regarding the basic characteristics of the housing stock and acoustic performance of typical constructions between dwellings - partition walls between dwellings, as well as floor structures.