IR Energy Audit with Blower Door

Demonstration of a Full Energy Audit with Blower Door Testing and Infrared Thermographic Imaging.

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Straight from the World Wide Web, here is what's going on in the world of infrared thermography.

medicine

• Thermography a Safe and Very Effective Alternative To Mammograms
  The Healthier Life, UK - Sep 19, 2008
  It uses an infrared camera that scans and measures your body surface temperature, presenting the information as a digitized image, called a thermograph...

Energy/Building science

• The Home Energy Audit Gets an Upgrade
  New York Times, United States - Sep 24, 2008
  The price drop in thermal imaging cameras has proved a boon to home inspectors. “It’s the first tool we have brought in that the consumer has clamored for,”...
   

• Residents Get Inspectors to Search for Water in Walls After Ike
  MyFox Houston, TX - Sep 19, 2008
  We don't show any damage in our master bedroom but the infrared camera showed there was water that came in but you can't see it," she said...
  
   

• This audit will save you money
  Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Sep 15, 2008
  An infrared camera pinpoints air leaks and moisture problems, so homeowners know exactly where to apply caulk or insulation. Endicott's audit found a major...

• Home energy audit may lower heating costs
  KAALtv.com, MN - Sep 12, 2008
  During the audit, they suck the air out of your home, and then use an infrared camera to find leaks in your home near windows, doors and through poor...

condition monitoring

• High-tech gadgets detect gas leaks, heat differences
  The Lakeside Leader, Canada - Sep 16, 2008
  Pearson, who runs Pearscan Thermography in Slave Lake, also has a gas detection device that looks like a camera. It can show fugitive emissions as plain as ...

• More is better with predictive maintenance
  Plant Engineering, IL - Sep 14, 2008
  Infrared thermography traditionally has been reserved for electrical faults. But when it comes to mechanical faults, such as the example in Figure 4...

law enforcement

• Behind The Crime Scene Tape
  Officer.com - Sep 24, 2008
  Using thermal imaging, we can also help determine where (or if) other people have been on a scene. Scanning furniture and seating with a thermal imager can...
   

• Cooled versus uncooled thermal imaging cameras for
  SourceSecurity.com, UK - Sep 22, 2008
  A common detector design employed by the uncooled infrared camera is based on the microbolometer. This is a tiny vanadium oxide resistor with a large...

Here is a selection of recent new threads by IR Community members. Feel free to click the links, see the responses, and post your own response if you like.

• Roofing Inspection Question
  I’ve done thermal imaging inspections for an engineering firm and contractors in which they have been responsible for any test holes in the roof. I’ve been asked to do a thermal scan on a high rise condo roof on my own. The roof is currently under warranty, and the condo association feels that the roofs leaking and the contractor states its fine. In a situation like this, who is responsible to make the test hole in the roofing to determine what’s below the top sheet? My prior reports always had the composition of the roofing stated. Any advice is appreciated.

• Help on air condition unit
  I am not in refrigeration, can any one tell me if there is a problem here ?
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Possible moisture on granite wall of a church
  looking for some input on this image. I went to this church where water from all locations was getting into the basement. I took this shot roughly 18 hrs after a heavy rain. Doing a comparitive evaluation, one inside corner looks cooler than the other. A visual inspection indicated that some of the mortar joints were still a little damp. The moisture meter is also confirming this. I have a temperature delta of around 5-6 degrees Fahrenheit. There is a substantial amount of water on the interior wall. Look like evaporating water, or just convection fooling with me?

And of course if YOU have a question or want to start a discussion on a topic, we would love to hear from you. Just post a new thread on a message board.

Brainteaser of the Month 

Here is this month's brainteaser. Readers who email us a correct explanation are entered into a drawing to win a prize. Please put "Brainteaser" as the subject of the message.

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Do you have an interesting image that you think would challenge other thermographers? If so please email me your image (preferably in native .img, .jpg, .tif, .tgw, or .tmw format) with an accompanying visible photo and explanation. If your image is used, you receive a gift as well.

Last Month's Brainteaser

Last month's brainteaser is an IR Photo of the Rear End and Rear Brake caliper and rotor on a Sprint Car taken in Las Vegas at the speedway Friday night after the InfraMation 2006 Conference.

24 guesses out of the 157 we received were correct. Congratulations to our winner Mark Hicks and to our thermogram contributor, Stuart Selby. They win the revered ITC low e coffee mug.

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