John Connell Awards 2025: The Noise Abatement Society

The Noise Abatement Society have announced the John Connell Awards 2025. The awards recognise innovative and/or novel services, campaigns, products and programmes that are shining examples of community co-operation, co-production, diversity and inclusivity, education and outreach, and creative solutions to cut noise and deliver sustainable soundscapes and good quality liveable and listenable places.

The Noise Abatement Society has over sixty years experience of working to mitigate environmental noise. Protecting homes and work places from harmful noise continues to be the remit of our everyday work as we strive for safer and sustainable soundscapes to improve prospects and enhance our quality of life.

The NAS was founded in 1959 to address the issue of noise nuisance and tackle the lack of legislation to deal with it. Founder John Connell OBE was a pragmatist and visionary who recognised that excessive noise was detrimental to productivity, health, learning and general wellbeing.

 

The awards up for grabs are: 

John Connell Local Authority Award 2025
The Institute of Acoustics Young Persons Award 2025
Quiet Mark Young Engineers Award 2025
John Connell Sustainable Development Award 2025
John Connell Innovation Award 2025
Quiet Mark Built Environment Award 2025
John Connell Soundscape Award 2025
Quiet Mark Logistics Award 2025
Quiet Mark Commercial Award 2025

More details below:

Now Open: John Connell Soundscape Award 2025!

Kindly sponsored by Anderson Acoustics

Are you transforming the way we experience sound in our environments?

The hashtag#JohnConnell Soundscape Award recognises pioneering projects that apply soundscape design in practical, real-world settings to enhance:

• Mental health & wellbeing
• Aural diversity
• Sustainability
• Indoor & outdoor spaces

We're looking for forward-thinking initiatives that implement health promoting soundscapes to support positive change in our built and natural environments.

Whether it's an immersive green space, a calming healthcare environment, or a vibrant public place, we want to hear about it! _

Submissions are now open!

To submit your entry, or for further information, email: johnconnell@noise-abatementsociety.org

Submissions close on 19 September 2025, and can be sent to johnconnell@noise-abatementsociety.org

More details here: https://noiseabatementsociety.org/john-connell-awards-2025-2/

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