What can you learn from a thermal image?
Visual Assessment
- Relatively new construction, only 15 years old
- No visible window or insulation problems
- Home appears well maintained
Thermal imaging tells a different story
- Thermal cameras cannot "see" inside a building
- Insulation missing from a large part of wall
- Substantial heat leak from two single pane windows
- Basement lacks insulation
- Estimated 2-3 year payback on repairs
- All Homes:131,704,730
- Highly Inefficient:13,170,473
- Inefficient:26,340,946
- Somewhat Inefficient:26,340,946
- Efficient:65,852,365
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