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Building thermography as a tool in energy audits and building commissioning procedureFormat | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
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Paper Abstract
A Building Commissioning-project (ToVa) was launched in Finland in the year 2003. A comprehensive commissioning
procedure, including the building process and operation stage was developed in the project. This procedure will confirm
the precise documentation of client's goals, definition of planning goals and the performance of the building. It is rather
usual, that within 1-2 years after introduction the users complain about the defects or performance malfunctions of the
building. Thermography is one important manual tool in verifying the thermal performance of the building envelope. In
this paper the results of one pilot building (a school) will be presented. In surveying the condition and energy efficiency
of buildings, various auxiliary means are needed. We can compare the consumption data of the target building with
other, same type of buildings by benchmarking. Energy audit helps to localize and determine the energy saving
potential. The most general and also most effective auxiliary means in monitoring the thermal performance of building
envelopes is an infrared camera. In this presentation some examples of the use of thermography in energy audits are presented.
Paper Details
Date Published: 9 April 2007
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 6541, Thermosense XXIX, 65410P (9 April 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.722947
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6541:
Thermosense XXIX
Kathryn M. Knettel; Vladimir P. Vavilov; Jonathan J. Miles, Editor(s)
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 6541, Thermosense XXIX, 65410P (9 April 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.722947
Show Author Affiliations
Timo Kauppinen, VTT (Finland)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6541:
Thermosense XXIX
Kathryn M. Knettel; Vladimir P. Vavilov; Jonathan J. Miles, Editor(s)
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