Noise level assessment of a fully residential academic campus of the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana (India) has been presented in this paper. Weekday and weekend noise levels at 39 key locations in various functional areas (29 academic, 3 sensitive, 3 residential, 3 commercial and 1 outdoor activity) were measured, analysed, and compared with Indian standards for day and night time. The average equivalent continuous noise level ( \({L}_{Aeq}\) ) values on weekdays during day time in academic (instructional), sensitive, residential, commercial, and outdoor activity areas were 65.88, 57.44, 56.00, 63.90 and 51.30 dB respectively; and during night time 47.70, 40.86, 56.72, 49.73 and 45.20 dB respectively. The average \({L}_{Aeq}\) values on the weekend during the day time in academic, sensitive, residential, commercial, and outdoor activity areas were 57.73, 54.98, 55.49, 61.98 and 54.20 dB respectively; and during night time 45.77, 41.69, 50.84, 49.66 and 45.80 dB respectively. The noise levels were observed to be generally within the permissible limits in the commercial and outdoor activity areas; but exceeding the permissible levels in the academic area, sensitive areas (except central park) and residential areas during day time and night time on weekdays as well as weekends. The average \({L}_{Aeq}\) values for the entire campus as one educational unit on weekdays during day time (64.98 dB), weekday night time (49.49 dB), weekend day time (57.92 dB) and weekend night time (46.69 dB) were also observed to be 29.96%, 23.72%, 15.85% and 16.72% respectively higher than the prescribed standards for educational/ academic campuses in India. The spatial noise map of the campus prepared by using ArcGIS software revealed noise hotspots in academic areas, in boy’s and girl’s hostel complexes, market complex, traffic junctions/crossings, and parking area near the main entrance of the Institute.
