Well, you can of course see heat escaping from a house using a thermal imaging camera. Taking photos inside the house shows the cold spots where the cold gets in (i.e. heat is lost). From the outside, you see hot spots where escaping heat emerges.
In December 2013, Transition West Bridgford put in a bid for funding to buy a thermal imaging camera and now we are ready to use it!!
If you live in or around West Bridgford and think you might be interested in a thermal imaging survey of your home, get your name on the waiting list here. There's no obligation - this is just so we can contact those who are likely to be interested in a home survey or a community event showing the typical areas of heat loss.
We hope to carry out the visits in March (before the weather gets too warm).
For the full details, here's the press release:
E.ON’s Energy Action Fund powers Transition West
Bridgford’s energy education
Community group, Transition West Bridgford, has
been awarded a grant of £1,790 from energy company E.ON to promote energy
efficiency across the local area.
The grant from E.ON will enable the
organisation to purchase a thermal imaging camera, which will be used in free educational
events for local residents. These workshops will help residents to understand
how energy is commonly lost in the home and subsequently how this can be
reduced, potentially resulting in lower energy bills.
Images from the camera will also be used in
educational materials and online to raise as much awareness as possible across
West Bridgford with the wider community.
The E.ON Energy Action Fund is part of the
company’s commitment to helping local communities use no more energy than they
need, benefitting both individual groups and the wider community.
Jake Jackson, Treasurer at Transition West
Bridgford, said: “The funding received from E.ON will have a positive impact on
the local community. The camera will not only be used to support educational
events and materials, but also to carry out paid thermal imaging surveys for
individuals and businesses.
“The funding raised through these surveys
will provide long term support to Transition West Bridgford, enabling us to
continue running the awareness raising events.”
Amy Cross, Senior Community Relations Executive
at E.ON, said: “We’re really keen to support this project as it has the
potential to educate many people across the community and the initial funding
will help this to continue. We hope this will make a big difference to local
people.”
For further information about Transition West
Bridgford’s forthcoming Energy Saving Event or to find out more about the
thermal imaging surveys, email wbecohouses@gmail.co.uk
or visit http://transitionwb.blogspot.co.uk/.
To find out more about how E.ON can help you save energy visit eonenergy.com/savingenergy.
