Home Inspection Infrared Camera Solutions

What is a residential energy audit?

Home energy audits assess how your home uses energy. Professional auditors will ask you questions, look at energy bills, and do a room-by-room inspection. The goal is to determine where and how much energy you are wasting. You can then identify which improvements and upgrades will make your home the most efficient and save you money. Common energy-wasters include air leaks, lighting, gaps in insulation, furnaces, heat loss, and HVAC issues.

Energy auditors use a variety of tools to locate defects, including energy audit infrared cameras. Infrared is unique in that it provides a visualization. We can see where air is escaping, where moisture is intruding, or where insulation is insufficient. By creating a temperature map of the scanned area, infrared reveals abnormally hot or cold streams or spots. It gives an auditor concrete information as to where energy is being lost and saves everyone time and money.

What is the best thermal imaging camera for home inspection?

When it comes to ensuring homes are safe and efficient, the best infrared camera for home inspection is the most accurate one. Many infrared tools only allow for qualitative inspections. These thermal maps only provide inspectors and clients with an image. They don’t include exact data and don’t include variables like reflection in their reports. More accurate, data-driven infrared cameras allow for quantitative inspections. These cameras use a temperature reference device to factor the environment into their reports.  

ICI’s innovative home inspection infrared cameras provide quantitative data and insight. They allow for high-accuracy inspections and energy audits. Devices like our handheld T-Cam 80 Builder come specially calibrated for building applications. These high-resolution cameras use temperature references and allow for customizable emissivity. They go beyond other infrared cameras so that you can detect defects and create reports with confidence.