Building thermography as a tool in energy audits and building commissioning procedure

Timo Kauppinen

doi:10.1117/12.722947

Building thermography as a tool in energy audits and building commissioning procedure

Timo Kauppinen

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Thermosense XXIX
Editors	Kathryn M. Knettel, Vladimir P. Vavilov, Jonathan J. Miles
Publisher	International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE
ISBN (Print)	978-0-8194-6663-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.722947
Publication status	Published - 2007
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	Defense and Security Symposium Thermosense XXIX - Orlando, United States Duration: 9 Apr 2007 → 12 Apr 2007

Publication series

Series	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	6541
ISSN	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	Defense and Security Symposium Thermosense XXIX
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	9/04/07 → 12/04/07

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Building commissioning
Building thermography
Condition survey
Energy audit
Quality control

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Kauppinen, T 2007, Building thermography as a tool in energy audits and building commissioning procedure. in KM Knettel, VP Vavilov & JJ Miles (eds), Thermosense XXIX., 65410P, International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 6541, Defense and Security Symposium Thermosense XXIX, Orlando, Florida, United States, 9/04/07. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.722947

Building thermography as a tool in energy audits and building commissioning procedure. / Kauppinen, Timo.
Thermosense XXIX. ed. / Kathryn M. Knettel; Vladimir P. Vavilov; Jonathan J. Miles. International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, 2007. 65410P (Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6541).

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Building thermography as a tool in energy audits and building commissioning procedure

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