Abstract:
A has been conducted research on noise reduction using artificial fence on houses Measured noise levels were generated by vehicles passing through which is on the cipta karya street and suka karya street in pekanbaru. Distance sound level meter to the noise source the road was set to be the same. The measurements using two sound level meter were performed in 9 different points. The results showed that a home with fencereceived less noise than that of home without fence. If has been seen that the artificial fences could reduce the noise generated by vehicles. The noise without barrier at suka karya street was 66,897 dBA to 70,980 dBA and a was 60,482 dBA to 64,464 dBA far the home with fence to the north-south direction. The noise of home without barrier in cipta karya street was 59,995 dBA to 65,548 dBA with barrier in cipta karya street was 56,800 dBA to was 59,809 dBA to the north-south
