HEAT TEST

Infra-Red Thermographic Surveys

Building Sciences can undertake infra-red thermographic surveys to identify and establish the extent of thermal anomalies within new or existing envelope assemblies. Thermographic surveys can be used to identify performance failure including:

• Areas of missing insulation.
• Areas of poorly-installed or misplaced insulation.
• Areas of cold bridging within multi-component assemblies.
• Significant air leakage through envelope assemblies.

Infra-red thermographic testing is undertaken in accordance with all relevant UK and international standards, with the survey findings generally presented in the form of a written report with still coloured or black and white thermographic images. Images typically highlight areas of generic thermal performance and identify any apparent defects / performance failure.

Temperature Monitoring

Long or short term monitoring of air and / or surface temperatures can be undertaken to provide a record of environmental conditions:

• Within assemblies.
• Within enclosures.
• Within buildings.

External temperature conditions can also be recorded if benchmarking is necessary.

In Situ U-Value Measurement

In situ measurements of the thermal performance of envelope assemblies can be undertaken. Actual U values can be established to allow comparison against target standards or to assist with the development of improvement schemes. Measurements are often combined with infra-red thermographic surveys which are used to identify areas of "typical" or "poor" assembly performance suitable for measurement.