Publications

Guide to the work of Institute of Acoustics

In this downloadable booklet, you will find a snapshot of the areas covered by the Institute’s nine specialist groups, which are dedicated to the advancement of the science and sharing of knowledge.

Each overview contains a description of the different specialisms, underlining why acousticians make such a vital contribution to the world we inhabit in so many different ways.

We hope you enjoy this introduction booklet to the fascinating world of acoustics and that it gives you a better understanding of why acoustics is so important to us all.

The Institute has published reports, guidelines and consultation responses on Wind Turbine Noise.

The ProPG has been produced to provide practitioners with guidance on a recommended approach to the management of noise within the planning system in England. The IOA, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and the Association of Noise Consultants have worked together to produce the guidance which encourages better acoustic design for new residential development and aims to protect people from the harmful effects of noise.

The Institute of Acoustics and the Association of Noise Consultants have jointly published a new design guide for the acoustics of schools. The 110-page document is designed to accompany the revised performance standards for the acoustic design of schools published by the Department for Education in December 2014, and is a revision of the guidance previously published in 2003 as Sections 2 to 7 of Building Bulletin 93: Acoustic Design of Schools. 

MAG, the newsletter of the Institute of Acoustics’ Musical Acoustics Group.

Read Instrumentation Corner articles which have appeared in the Acoustics Bulletin.

Acoustics in Practice is the European journal of current topics in applied acoustics, published by the European Acoustics Association.