Wherever the Interntational Vacuum Insulation Symposium as an institution gains exposure in the press; on the web and in the public domain, by means of press releases, articles, citations and references, IVIS 2009 will endeavour to publish these items here.

If you have a relevant news or publicity item you would like to have linked here please contact a member of the organising team or email ivisnet@brookes.ac.uk.

Innovation & Research Focus

Innovation & Research Focus is a newsletter published on the web and circulated in printed form to Chartered Civil Engineers. The principal aim of Innovation & Research Focus is to promote the application of research in building and civil engineering. Its sponsors wish to promote the benefits of research, improve contacts between industry and researchers, encourage investment by industry in research and the use of research in practice and facilitate collaboration between all the parties involved.

Special mention of IVIS 2009 is made in issue no.77 of the newsletter which is available for download below with the relevant articles highlighted at the links that follow.

http://www.innovationandresearchfocus.org.uk/articles/html/issue_77/on_the_path_to_carbon_zero_buildings.asp

http://www.innovationandresearchfocus.org.uk/articles/html/issue_77/vacuum_insulation.asp

Contact: Tom de Saulles
The Concrete Centre
T: +44(0)1276 608 714
E: info@concretecentre.com

DETAIL magazine

DETAIL magazine is an international magazine dedicated to architecture and construction details. Each issue focuses on a particular aspect of design, such as constructing with concrete, roof structures, renovations, etc. Emphasis is placed on presenting designs in great detail, and complementing these with drawings in practical scales and superb photographs that illustrate real world examples from near and far.

The DETAIL.de web portal for Architecture and Construction lists and details the IVIS 2009 Event via the links that follow. The event listing is reproduced in PDF format for download below:

http://www.detail.de/artikel_symposium-vacuum-insulation_23650_En.htm

http://www.detail.de/thema_architecture-magazine-construction_57_En.htm

BD magazine

BD (Building Design) magazine is the architects' online destination for news, comment and opinion. BD's weekly digest of industry news and insight reaches the entire architectural spectrum, from senior figures in the largest firms to graduates in small practices.

On 8 May 2009 BD magazine published an article by Amanda Birch on Vacuum Insulation featuring Ian Abley's work and the work carried out by the Oxford Brookes University team led by Ray Ogden. The story can be viewed online via the following link and is reproduced in PDF format for download below.

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3140081