Energy leakage involves both economic and environmental costs. Gerdes solutions has extensive experience with drone-borne building thermography in order to create a basis for evaluating insulation, hot air leakage and moisture ingress.
With the help of a thermal camera, deviations that are not possible to identify with the naked eye can be detected, without the need to intervene in the building or affect ongoing work.
Using drones for thermography means that data collection is fast. In addition, surfaces that are inaccessible with a handheld thermal camera can be inspected and data collection can be carried out from the best possible angle, which is important for the result. The method also brings a great safety benefit, as it reduces the need to work at high altitudes.
In order for thermography to achieve the highest possible precision, high-quality calibrated thermal cameras are used, primarily Flir A655sc. Thermography is carried out under favorable weather conditions and at night, when solar radiation does not affect the result.
Both data collection and analysis are carried out by a certified ITC level 2 thermographer. By agreement, a structural engineer can also participate in the analysis and deepen the analysis based on the customer’s construction documents.