EnergyAttic's Thermograhic Consulting is on the cutting edge of technology to make your home more energy efficient, reducing your energy costs and finding new and innovative ways to identify heat loss and heat gain to see how to best find your specific needs to make your home the most energy efficient and cost effective. 

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One of the newest technologies available to help in this field is thermal imaging or thermography.  The definition of thermo = “connected with heat or temperature” and Graphy = “a method of making an image by means of a particular process or technique”.   Thermography is the science of collecting and interpreting infrared images.  Kent and Amy Patterson have been trained and are qualified to collect and interpret infrared images. Thermography has been around since the 1800’s and was discovered by Sir William Herschel who reported the first discovery of Infrared.  The government used the process of infrared imaging in the 1950’s.  In 1960 the commercial imaging unit was developed in Sweden (it had to be pulled on a trailer).  Through the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s the technology continued to grow and smaller imaging systems were developed which no longer required the use of liquid nitrogen, argon gas or other methods for cooling.  In the 1980’s Honeywell created the first uncooled thermal imaging camera.  This technology was just declassified by the U.S. government in 1992.  

The technology has improved and EnergyAttic has invested in this technology to continue to bring us to the forefront of all Radiant Barrier and energy saving companies.   We are committed to bringing you the newest, best, and high tech ways to help your home.  Our thermal imaging camera provides quantative analysis with exact temperature measurement of target areas within the image.

Excessive or unwanted heat frequently is an indicator that problems are developing.  Thermal imaging cameras are used to identify heat anomalies or areas of investigation

With the thermal fusion infrared camera, it combines digital pictures with thermal images.  The thermal images allow us to better identify locations missing insulation, where you are experiencing heat loss or heat gain.  We can check to see if architect specifications are being installed correctly and do all this with less cost, less guessing and in a non-invasive, lower cost manner.

In addition to using thermal imaging to assist in the quest for energy efficiency, we can also use it to identify possible water or moisture leaks in a non-invasive way.  Thermal imaging is a very effective way to check to see if water restoration has been completed and water has been completely removed from a surface.  It allows you to be certain that drying of contaminated buildings is complete and allow you to make sure that the insurance companies leave the drying equipment long enough to prevent mold growth.  Thermographic Imaging helps you perform moisture investigations more quickly and accurately, as well as providing a highly efficient way to visually documents areas of wetness in buildings.  Thermal imaging does not measure moisture.   It accurately and quickly identifies temperature differences.  Wet materials and dry materials often have temperature differences that can be detected with thermography from evaporative cooling, thermal capacitance (heat sink effect) and increased conduction of heat.  Building temperature, airflow, air pressure, relative humidity and other environmental factors can be manipulated by the thermographer to help locate wet areas.  Thermal imaging can be used to detect moisture in air and in building materials.

Thermal imaging uses the digital photography so that each location shot through the camera can be easily identified and it is fused with the thermal images with quantative temperature values to tell you exact temperatures of each specific target locations on the building structure. 

Water evaluations:

1)  Evaporative Cooling

2)  Condensation Evaluation

3)  Thermal Mass

Building Envelopes:

1)  Conductive Losses

2)  Air Leakage

Building Diagnostics:

1)  Stud Placement