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March 2009 |
Your intelligence brief on infrared thermography |
Volume 10 Issue 3 |
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In This Issue: |
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Hello {{user("firstname")}}, Here in Boston, March certainly roared in like a lion. We had up to 12 inches of new snow to welcome our Level I class on Monday morning. This after temperatures of 60 degrees the week before. Which brings up the subject of energy efficiency in our buildings. President Obama's stimulus package includes $5 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). Weatherization typically means adding insulation and caulking to buildings. Our homes consume 40 percent of our energy nationwide, and, as energy guru Amory Lovins says, "It is cheaper to save electricity than to make it." Increasing the efficiency of our homes reduces fossil-fuel consumption and creates jobs. With that in mind I would like to introduce our new feature, Videos of the Month, to you. Our first videos involve using IR for, you guessed it, weatherization applications. As usual we have our Message board posts, News items, and our monthly Brainteaser for you to solve. As with all images in this newsletter, click an image to see a larger version.
Gary Orlove, |
We'll see you again next
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This video is an excellent overview on performing an energy audit with an infrared camera and blower door. The author then provides details on how he retrofitted his home with energy saving technologies based on the audit. A final blower door test confirms the leaks have been repaired. If you can't see the video, click here.
Is this home well insulated? Look at this video and you be the judge. |
IR News you can Use
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Straight from the World Wide Web, here is what's going on in the world of infrared thermography. Medicine/veterinary
science
Energy/Building science
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SPIE
Newsroom - Feb 25, 2009
Nature.com
(subscription) - Feb 13, 2009
SprayFoam.com
- Feb 27, 2009
The
Sun - Feb 22, 2009
WROC-TV
- Feb 17, 2009
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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.
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. |
I
scanned the outside of this home. The day was very cloudy all day, and very
cold. 
The
wind is blowing 2mph, outside temp is 49.8 F and this appears to to be cold
air blowing in between the wall and roof line. Any thoughts on this?
Customer had 10" insulation blown in last year and attic appears to be
covered well with fiberglass insulation.
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Click here to email your guess 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. |
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Click here for more information on this phenomenon. Five guesses came closest to explaining the image out of the 99 guesses I received. Congratulations to our winner Shay Edwards (Shay is a high school student who has won numerous science fair awards with his work on thermal imaging), and to our thermogram contributor, Glenn Tattersall from Brock University in Ontario, Canada. They all win the revered ITC low e coffee mug. |
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Click the links below to see our latest course schedules (in local language). |
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The Infrared Training Center offers training and certification in all aspects of infrared thermography use. Our world-class training headquarters are located near Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Stockholm, Sweden and have the world's most extensive hands on laboratories for infrared applications. In addition, we have training centers around the world. Please join us in exploring the fascinating world of the infrared! Your comments and suggestions about this newsletter are welcomed and encouraged. If you have an interesting application or case study to share, we encourage you to submit it for publication. Published articles earn credit towards IR recertification. Please e-mail Gary Orlove or send regular mail to the Americas office. Visit our website:
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