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Agenda 1. What is Thermography? 2. World examples 3. 22 King William Street - Progress 4. Opportunities

What is Thermography?

What is Thermography? The use of an infra-red camera to measure the thermal radiation emitted by a surface within a select band of wavelengths. The image colour scale can be converted into a temperature by image scanning . Used extensively in medical diagnosis, electrical safety and plant/machinery fault finding.

What is Thermography? In the built environment, it is a growing field of expertise globally and in its infancy in Australia. Images taken of Adelaide from the roof deck of Westpac House. Full 360 degree panorama images available.

World Examples

London London was the first world City to be thermally mapped in 2006. Buckingham Palace made the news as one of London’s worst hot spots. Other UK cities have followed (Birmingham, Newcastle, Aberdeen and others)

Paris Over 500 significant buildings thermally surveyed in 2009 in advance of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.

USA Oklahoma Boston Boston – every building to be thermally surveyed over the next 12-24 months (facades and aerial). Oklahoma – strategic thermal survey of major public buildings under way.

Midlothian (UK) Over 1700 houses surveyed. Envision scanning software and R value algorithm used to detect insulation deficiencies, predict results and savings in energy, emissions and costs. 800 houses insulated – annual emissions reduction over 1.4 million kilos of carbon . The genesis of the SA Building Innovation Fund project.

22 King William Street, Adelaide

Progress Project Team assembled: Australia and UK With support from Flir, IRT and Envision in the UK Institute of Sustainable Systems and Technologies (ISST)

Progress Imaging Survey completed:

Progress Draft Report completed on programme. Due for release for review 10 th December 2010. 5 4.5 4 Total wall R value, R W , m 2 K/W 3.5 3 Outdoor temp 15 deg. C 2.5 Outdoor temp 10 deg. C 2 1.5 1 0.5 Figure 6. Upper face of western façade. Building conditioned to 21 o C, ambient temperature 17 o C. 0 SP1: 20.4 o C, SP2: 15.2 o C, SP3: 15.0 o C. Image taken 10/11/2010 0700 hrs. 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 Temperature difference, T w1 - T o , o C

Opportunities

Opportunities • Fast assessment of existing facade thermal performance • Proving heat island effects • Energy mapping and illustration • New facade testing and certification • Quick energy improvement planning • Establishing Thermography – Centre of Excellence in SA

Questions Paul Davy www.cundall.com.au