Find out where your home is leaking heat
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Thermal imaging can vividly reveal where your home is leaking heat. The cameras are sensitive to infra-red and make ‘temperature map’ images . This can show problems with insulation, draughts, damp and more – useful in older homes, but also for revealing defects in new-builds. The images are easiest to decipher when it’s at least 10°C warmer inside than out, so this is mainly a winter activity.
Some of the problems shown are easy for householders to fix, like draught-proofing, and some, like faulty insulation, may need professional help. Significant improvements in comfort, energy bills and carbon emissions are often made as a result. More in this 2-page report.
Come to a short training session to learn how to use our thermal cameras and interpret their images – then you can borrow a camera to survey your home, those of friends or family and (we hope) others in your neighbourhood. It’s great to see your home in a new light and it provides good motivation to fix any problems that are revealed. More in this 2-page report.
Free online training, booking essential.
Our Thermal Imaging season is November- March.
Outside this it’s usually too warm for good results.
Next Training in Early November. Look here nearer the time or…
Normal bookings are closed till November, or maybe late October, if it’s cold.
We lend cameras for free to people already trained to use them and , more importantly, to interpret the images.
In the meantime, if you want to borrow a camera to checkout why your home/a home is hot during a heatwave, please email: ticamera@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org
We are currently unable to offer surveys. If you want a survey, come to a training session, or if that’s not your thing, perhaps you can persuade a friend to get trained and then survey your home?
Camera Borrowing Agreement – Trainees must fill this in before borrowing a camera
Thermal Imaging Survey Record Form – Use this form to record all surveys completed
Thermal Imaging Training Slides – A useful reminder on how to use the cameras & understand their images
Videos on how to use: (please bear with any YouTube adverts)
Camera 1 – Fluke TiR
Camera 2 – Fluke TiR105
Camera 3 – Flir C5
Cameras 4-6, Flir C2 video from Red Current
User manuals for:
Fluke TIR+ TiR 105
Flir C5 abridged
Flir C2 Short, annotated
Flir C2 Long
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