## Dissemination and Communication The WindSense interdisciplinary project was funded by funded by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland under Grant number COALESCE/2022/1739. This OSF page contains examples of our academic and public communication activities and links to open access resources we have developed. Click **Read More** for details. WindSense was conducted from Sept 2022 to March 2025 and was led by Dr Denis O'Hora of the School of Psychology and Dr Eoin King of the School of Engineering at University of Galway, supported by Dr Santiago Garcia-Guerrero and Dr Manish Manohare and In this OSF project, you will find a variety of outputs from the WindSense project. These include: * the WindSense project report * the WindSense Seminar at SEAI in Dublin, * journal articles, * conference proceedings, * presentations at academic conferences and other meetings We have provided links below or you can access the files directly through the Files tab. ### WindSense Report The WindSense project report is available [here][1]. Here is an [AI-generated podcast][2] discussing the report. ### WindSense Seminar at SEAI On Wednesday, the 26th of February, 2025, we held our the final seminar from our Research Ireland project "WindSense: Developing Wind Turbine Noise Annoyance Maps for Ireland" at the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) in Dublin. We had an engaged audience of researchers, policy-makers, community members and wind farm developers. This diverse audience fostered a productive dialogue about creating more human-centric guidance. The discussions centred on approaches that both support communities and provide greater certainty to developers. #### Communication materials * Here's the [website][3] for the event * Here's the [flyer][4] #### Agenda and Presentations 14:00 Welcome and Introduction 14:10 Dr. Pete Lunn - [Using behavioural experiments to support climate action][5] 14:30 Lars Søndergaard - [Learnings from a socio-acoustic study of WTN annoyance][6] 14:50 Dr Florian Müller - [Community acceptance of wind farm developments][7] 15:10 Coffee break 15:30 Dr Denis O'Hora - [What is annoying about Wind Turbine Noise?][8] 15:50 Dr Eoin King - [Noise on the Map: Annoyance Mapping of Wind Turbine Sound.][9] 16:10 Closing Remarks and Q&A ### Journal articles #### Journal of Environmental Psychology Garcia-Guerrero, S, Manohare, M., O’Hora, D. & King, E. A. (2025). Annoyance and memory performance in the presence of wind turbine sound. *Journal of Environmental Psychology*, 105, 102653. * doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102653 #### Under Submission Manohare, M., Garcia-Guerrero, S., O’Hora, D., & King, E. (under submission). Noise Annoyance Mapping for Wind Turbines: A Psychoacoustic Approach Incorporating Noise Sensitivity, *Applied Acoustics* * Preprint: ### Conference Proceedings #### 11th International Conference on Wind Turbine Noise, June 2025 O’Hora, D., Garcia-Guerrero, S., Manohare, M., King, E. (2025). Estimating the effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Annoyance and Cognitive Performance: The Role of Noise Sensitivity. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wind Turbine Noise in Copenhagen, Denmark – 10th to 13th June 2025. * Proceeding is available [here][10] * Link to Slides: https://osf.io/dtq9x * Conference website: https://www.windturbinenoise.eu/content/conferences/ #### Wind Energy Science Conference, June 2025 O’Hora, D., Manohare, M., Garcia-Guerrero, S., King, E. (2025). Wind Turbine Noise, Annoyance and Cognitive Performance: Implications for the Propagation of Annoyance. Proceedings of the Wind Energy Science Conference 24 - 27 June 2025 Nantes, France * Proceeding is available [here][11] * Link to Slides: https://osf.io/utmjk * Conference website: https://wesc2025.eu/ #### Inter-Noise, the 53rd International Congress & Exposition on Noise Control Engineering Garcia-Guerrero, S., O’Hora, D., King, E., & Manohare, M. (2024). The effects of wind turbine sound on working memory: A pre-registration plan. Proceedings of Inter-Noise, the 53rd International Congress & Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, (25-29 August); Nantes, France. * Proceeding is available [here][12] * Link to Slides: https://osf.io/d4jqs * Link to Video: https://osf.io/tep6k Manohare, M. , King, E., & MC Keown, E. (2024). Characterization of wind turbine noise using psychoacoustical indicators. Proceedings of Inter-Noise, the 53rd International Congress & Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, (25-29 August); Nantes, France. * Proceeding is available [here][13] * Link to Slides: https://osf.io/tr62x * Link to Video: https://osf.io/369ry * Conference website: https://internoise2024.org/ ### Presentations to Academic and Industry stakeholders #### Meeting of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Wind Technical Collaboration Programme Task 39 Garcia-Guerrero, S., O’Hora, D., King, E., & Manohare, M. (2024). WindSense: Experimental Study 1; The effects of Wind Turbine Sound on Working-Memory. The International Energy Agency (IEA), Wind TCP Task 39 meeting [online] * Link to Slides: https://osf.io/8qpkc Manohare, M. Garcia-Guerrero, S., King, E., & O’Hora, D. (2024). WindSense: Characterisation of Wind Turbine Noise through Psychoacoustic Approach. The International Energy Agency (IEA), Wind TCP Task 39 meeting [online]. * Link to Slides: https://osf.io/qnzv6 [1]: http://osf.io/9c426 [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQkp_7Gos38 [3]: https://windsense.eventbrite.co.uk/ [4]: https://osf.io/hnxd6 [5]: https://osf.io/sw9dp [6]: https://osf.io/s4mz2 [7]: https://osf.io/b4zjw [8]: https://osf.io/q4ka6 [9]: https://osf.io/4rp8 [10]: https://osf.io/ncx3q [11]: https://osf.io/ay4zv [12]: https://v4.event-vert.org/uploads/AbstractsBundle/INTERNOISE2024/fullpaper/IN_2024_3377.pdf?t=17261559842024 [13]: https://osf.io/j4tbz