How big a problem is noise? AEG-Electrolux looked into the problem for Noise Awareness Day. The study shows that nearly 20% of Europeans think their neighbors are too loud and 40 % think their appliances are too loud.
AEG-Electrolux may not be able to do anything about the neighbors, but it has developed a range of extra-quiet appliances so you can at least have peace and quiet in your kitchen.
Among the highlights:
- Percentage of people living in noisy surroundings: 50
- Percentage of people whose sleep is disturbed by noise: 33
- Percentage of people who say that their neighbors are the most irritating noise source: 19
- Percentage of people who say they don’t make more noise than their neighbors: 90
- Number of people per year who relocate due to noisy neighbors: 10 million
- Percentage of people irritated by their neighbors’ appliances: 17
- Percentage of people who watch TV in their kitchen: 37
- Percentage of people who work in their kitchen: 44
- Percentage of people who make love in the kitchen at least once a week: 13
- Percentage of people who sleep in their kitchen at least once a week: 17
- Percentage of people who move their appliances for being too noisy: 16
- Percentage of people who discard appliances for being too noisy: 14
- Percentage of people who yell at their appliances for being too noisy: 2
- Percentage of people who kick their appliances for being too noisy: 2
- Percentage of people who long for a quieter kitchen: 40
- Percentage of people who take noise into consideration when buying an appliance: 25