New Low-Cost Residential Energy Audit Technique

D. W. J. Hamoen

doi:10.1117/12.932877

12 March 1982 New Low-Cost Residential Energy Audit Technique

D. W. J. Hamoen

Proceedings Volume 0313, Thermal Infrared Sensing Applied to Energy Conservation in Building Envelopes; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932877
Event: Thermal Infrared Sensing Applied to Energy Conservation in Building Envelopes, 1981, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

A method is presented, using new infrared heat flow meters, to measure the heat flows and R-values in homes. Such defects as wet or missing insulation, air infiltration effects, and thermal bridges are readily evaluated. A new reference standard method simplifies the heat flow measurement. The procedure can be used by modestly skilled auditors to advise the homeowner regarding retrofit of new insulation, or repairs to the existing envelope. The procedure is sufficiently direct, that it is believed to be the lowest cost of all measurement-based energy audits. It is competitive with non-measurement survey methods which produce much less information.

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D. W. J. Hamoen "New Low-Cost Residential Energy Audit Technique", Proc. SPIE 0313, Thermal Infrared Sensing Applied to Energy Conservation in Building Envelopes, (12 March 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.932877

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