About CCi Acoustical Testing
Noise Measurement and Compliance Validation
We use Site Acoustics Scout to measure noise on site and compare it with the levels Model predicted, across the facility and at nearby receptors. That confirms compliance and shows where mitigation will help most.
learn about Scout →We currently offer the following:
Data Center Noise Testing & Compliance Validation
As data center operators face increasingly stringent noise regulations and environmental mandates, Cambridge Collaborative provides comprehensive acoustic testing services to validate your facility's compliance and support your noise mitigation strategies.
As a critical service for modern data center operations, Cambridge Collaborative provides specialized acoustic and vibration testing designed to:
- Validate Site Acoustics Model predictions with Scout measurements
- Ensure regulatory compliance with local noise ordinances and environmental mandates
- Characterize dominant noise sources (CRAC/CRAH units, power distribution, cooling systems)
- Measure noise propagation paths through facility structures and boundaries
- Support noise remediation strategies with field-validated acoustic data
- Document compliance efforts for environmental agencies and stakeholders
Measurements feed straight back into your Model, so later predictions start from calibrated sources.
Standard Acoustic Testing
- measuring high-frequency damping
- reverberant acoustic chamber testing
- wind tunnel testing
- free-field acoustic testing
- reverberation time / absorption testing
- general damping measurements
- impedance measurements
- testing of dominant airborne and structureborne noise sources
- testing of dominant airborne and structureborne transmission mechanisms
Field Testing
Electric power generators and enclosures using the following standards:
- SAE J1074 Engine Sound Level Standard
- European Commission 2000/14/EC CE Directive
- EN ISO 3744: Acoustics - Determination Of Sound Power Levels Of Noise Sources Using Sound Pressure : Engineering Method In An Essentially Free Field Over A Reflecting Plane
- ISO 8528-10: Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets
- Ground vehicles
- Rail systems
- Heavy machinery
Aerospace testing
- Acoustic qualification and acceptance tests for spacecraft
- Simulating acoustic loads to determine transfer functions and component response levels
Vehicle interior noise and transfer path correlation
- anechoic or free-field simulated acoustic sources
- reverberant field excitation of vehicle
- structural excitations and resulting structureborne noise and vibration
- extensive experience designing and overseeing wind tunnel validation testing for vehicle interior noise and transfer path correlation.
We would welcome the opportunity to discuss your noise and vibration project.
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