A station measures noise at your neighbour's home. If it goes above what was agreed, you get an SMS with the sound, and you act before they pick up the phone.
The terrace is full, the music is getting louder.Across the street, the station measures noise every second.
62 dB for 15 minutes, against 58 agreed.A single peak would not have triggered anything.
It is music, not traffic.The station recognises it live.
The manager gets an SMS with a link to listen.No account, no app.
The volume goes down. An SMS confirms it is quiet again.Nobody had to call anyone.
The station measures. Analysis decides whether there is a problem. The alert warns the right person.
A white case, the measuring microphone underneath, the 4G antenna inside. Every second, the station computes the sound level and its spectrum, recognises the type of noise, and records the sound when an alert goes out. Everything is sent continuously over the network.
| Time | dB(A) | dB(C) | dB(Z) |
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At a neighbour's home, next to the most exposed window, to measure what they hear. Or on the site boundary, facing the houses, when the activity has to keep to a level at its fence. We install it, and the acoustician checks the measurement on site.
The station runs on mains power, with a battery that takes over during a power cut. A solar panel is available as an option.
Pick a situation.
Plugged into a socket, the station keeps its battery charged.
A real day measured by one of our stations. Switch the indicator, move the threshold: the yellow areas are exceedances.
The same day, hour by hour, in 31 frequency bands. Move through the hours: in the afternoon, bass rises far more than the overall level.
A bar's music, a building site's rock breaker, a festival's bass, a factory's extractor fan: the station does not just measure a level, it recognises live which noise it is. Nine types, each with its own setting: the alert only goes out for the right noise, for example construction AND above 65 dB, or technical equipment AND above 45 dB at night.
Click a category.
The threshold does not apply to the noise of each second, but to its average over a chosen time, the Leq. A car door fades into it; a noise that lasts stands out.
Who to warn, how, and when to say it is over.
A clear SMS: where, since when, how loud, and a link to listen.
If it carries on, a reminder goes out at the chosen interval.
When it comes back down, a last message closes the episode.
The link in the SMS opens a page with no account or app: level, duration, type of noise, and the recording. In a few seconds you know whether it really is the site, and you act.
Press play.
Demonstration clip: rock breaker and site machinery.
Each contact has their own days and channel. The site manager on weekdays, on-call staff at weekends, the office by email: everyone only gets what concerns them. Everything is kept in the log and the PDF report.
| Contact | M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site managerSMS | |||||||
| On callSMS | |||||||
| Officeemail |
You have a business to run and neighbours to keep on side.
Nuisance is judged at the neighbour's home: the station goes across the street.
Complaints mostly come from machinery and bass.
On the property line or at neighbours' homes, day and night.
Campaigns from a few days to several months, at one or more points.
Other systems are mostly designed for acousticians. Vigibruit is designed for the person who has to react.
| What you need | Vigibruit | Class 1 monitoring stationse.g. 01dB CUBE and DUO, Svantek SV 307A | Connected site monitorse.g. Sonitus EM2030, Noise Sentinel | Urban sensorse.g. Cesva TA120 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMS and email alertsas soon as a threshold is exceeded | Included |
Yes, through the manufacturer's platform |
Yes |
Depends on the city's platform |
| Listen to the sound from the SMSno account, no software | Listening link in every SMS |
Played back in the software or platform |
Played back on the platform |
Recording not documented |
| Noise recognitionconstruction, music, equipment, voices, traffic… | 9 types recognised live, log and PDF sorted by type |
Detection filters, identification by listening |
Depends on the model |
Not documented |
| Alert by type of noisee.g. construction AND overall level | Included, set per station and per type, live detection |
Not documented |
Not documented |
Not documented |
| Third-octave spectrum31 bands, from bass to treble | Included, every second |
Depends on model and options |
Optional |
Not documented |
| Alert on a frequency bande.g. 63 Hz AND overall level | Up to 8 AND / OR conditions |
Advanced triggers |
Not documented |
Not documented |
| Reminders and all-clearwhile it lasts, then the end | Included |
Not documented |
Not documented |
Not documented |
| Recipients by dayweekdays, weekends, on call | Days and channel per contact |
Not documented |
Not documented |
Not documented |
| Installation, thresholds and analysisby an acoustician | Included |
Depends on the distributor |
Depends on the distributor |
Integrated by the local authority |
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Based on manufacturers' public documentation, consulted in October 2026: Svantek SV 307A, Sonitus EM2030, 01dB DUO, CUBE and WebMonitoring brochures, Cesva TA120 presentation. “Not documented” means the feature does not appear in that documentation. Brands mentioned belong to their owners. Spotted a mistake? Write to us and we will correct it.
The criterion depends on the source. The main cases in France, and what the station monitors for each.
| Situation | Text | Criterion and role of the station |
|---|---|---|
| Activity noise heard by a neighbour (shop, bar, equipment, leisure) | Public Health Code, art. R1336-6 to R1336-9 | Overall emergence limited to 5 dB(A) by day (7 am – 10 pm) and 3 dB(A) at night, plus a correction depending on how long the noise lasts. Inside a dwelling, spectral emergence for equipment: 7 dB in the 125 and 250 Hz octaves, 5 dB from 500 Hz to 4 kHz. These criteria apply only when ambient noise exceeds 25 dB(A) indoors or 30 dB(A) outdoors. The station provides ambient and residual Leq, plus the required bands. |
| Construction site | Public Health Code, art. R1336-10, prefectoral and municipal orders | No emergence criterion. An offence is assessed on compliance with the conditions set (working hours in particular), the precautions taken and abnormally noisy behaviour. The station provides a time-stamped record of activity and alerts during prohibited hours. |
| Classified installation (ICPE) | Order of 23 January 1997 | Emergence in regulated zones: 6 / 4 dB(A) day / night when ambient is between 35 and 45 dB(A), 5 / 3 dB(A) above that. The property-line level is set by the prefectoral order, capped at 70 dB(A) by day and 60 dB(A) at night. The station monitors the site boundary continuously, day and night. |
| Venue playing amplified sound | Public Health Code, art. R1336-1 to R1336-3, order of 17 April 2023 | To protect the audience: 102 dB(A) and 118 dB(C) over 15 min. Above 300 people, levels must be recorded continuously and kept for 6 months. This in-venue measurement is the job of a limiter-recorder at the mixing desk, not of the station. Our role is on the neighbourhood side: impact at residents' homes, and the noise impact study (EINS) when required. |
Tell us about your noise issue and we will get back to you to work out a solution.
monitoring@vigibruit.fr
+33 4 11 93 22 02
On-site service throughout France