unofficial timeline of events

August 22
Operations Begin
Intel Cooling Towers

Intel begins operations of the temporary cooling towers on the east side of the Chandler campus located near Rural Rd and Chandler Blvd

August 23
Notification
Intel Community Outreach Flyer

A day after operations begin, Intel public relations leaves door flyers.

August 24
Noise
Noise is present at all hours of day and night

Unacceptable noise continues

August 25
Complaint to Chandler
Chandler PublicStuff App

Noise complaint filed with City of Chandler via iOS PublicStuff App

August 25
Intel Outreach
Complaint with Intel Community Affairs Manager

Contacted J. Sanchez lodging noise complaint and seeking information.

August 27
Measurement
62 dBa @ 11:56pm

Decible X iOS App

August 30
Carillo Ranch HOA
Complaint filed with HOA

HOA contacted and asked to reach out to neighbors, HOAs, Intel, and the City to address issue.

August 30
Chandler PD
Complaint filed with Chandler PD

Non-emergency contact

September 2
City Council
Chandler
Chandler

Email to City Council and Staff to review and address issue.

graph interpretation
what does this mean?
example

these charts reflect information from a data logging sound level meter. The intent is to show that the cooling towers from Intel cycle at an impossible-to-ignore rate at volume levels well above that of what the neighborhoods experienced before.
red Xs are when the units are on, green checks when off.

 

time in mins and seconds (mm:ss)

begin sample

              • Cycle 1 - 2:04 mins on
                • Off - 0:02 mins
              • Cycle 2 - 0:18 mins on
                • Off - 0:10 mins
              • Cycle 3 - 2:10 mins on
                • Off - 0:08 mins
              • Cycle 4 - 3:10 mins on

end of sample

September 4
Measurement
63 dBa @ 9:47 PM

Avg.:56.7
Maximum:63.0@9/4/2022 9:47:49 PM
Minimum:43.9@9/4/2022 9:44:49 PM

September 5
Measurement
66 dBa @ 12:34 AM

Avg.:59.2
Maximum:66.1@9/5/2022 12:34:02 AM
Minimum:47.8@9/5/2022 12:35:28 AM

September 6
Measurement
63 dBa @ 11:32 PM

Avg.:57.6
Maximum:63.2@9/6/2022 11:32:23 PM
Minimum:44.4@9/6/2022 11:31:53 PM

September 7
Measurement
63 dBa @ 11:46 PM

Avg.:56.7
Maximum:63.5@9/7/2022 11:46:22 PM
Minimum:44.9@9/7/2022 11:45:58 PM

September 8
Measurement
66 dBa @ 10:38 PM

Avg.:60.2
Maximum:66.2@9/8/2022 10:38:21 PM
Minimum:48.7@9/8/2022 10:39:09 PM

August 10, 2024
Measurement
70 dBa @ 6:29 PM

Avg.:67.0
Maximum:70.9!!!
Minimum:63.5