Part of the Your Energy Saving Service (YESS)
Where is your house losing heat?
Find out with a Thermal Imaging Camera. Llangattock Green Valleys has purchased a thermal imaging camera with a smart phone which provides the display to enable individuals to investigate where energy is leaking from their homes as a step to exploring energy efficiency improvements. The images can be downloaded via a memory card or WiFi
The camera is available during the winter months when the outdoor temperatures are sufficiently low to provide thermal contrast with the interior of the house.
Thermal Imaging can also be used to inspect radiant floor heating system components like the boilers, expansion tanks, air separators, circulators, etc. Verify connection points, locate overheating components and ensure proper flow of the manifold.
The camera is available with usually two trained volunteers for a site visit of up to 2 hours for a voluntary donation to defray the camera cost. For visits beyond a 10-mile radius of Llangattock we ask for volunteer travel expenses. Before requesting a survey, please read our note, Thermal Imaging Surveys Explained.
To arrange an imaging visit:
- Complete the request and property outline form which you can fill out here and submit.
- A volunteer will acknowledge receipt of the form and will enter your request on the list waiting for the next window for suitable weather.
- We will give you notice up to 1 to 2 weeks before the next weather window period, send you the agreement form and ask you to tell us of any specific matters you wish the survey to explore. We will also ask you to tell us of any inconvenient dates in the weather window period.
- When a suitable period is forecast you’ll receive an email from survey@Llangattockgreenvaleys.org asking about people’s availability, when communication will intensify to fix a mutually convenient time. We will give you the names of the volunteers who will do your survey.
- You will receive copies of the images and be sent a short report on the survey.