A temporal thermography system for supporting longitudinal building energy audits.

With advances in thermal sensor technology and falling costs, energy auditors are increasingly using thermography to detect thermal defects and analyze building energy efficiency. However, collecting thermal imagery is laborious and results can be misleading or ineffective if environmental conditions for conducting a proper scan are not met. In this abstract, we present a novel sensor kit for collecting and analyzing temporal thermography data, which reduces manual labor and enables new types of thermographic analyses. To gather initial user reactions and better understand the potential of this temporal data, we conducted a usability pilot study and a small field study deployment. We describe initial results, drawbacks, and enumerate directions forward for this emerging area.