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Infrared Inspection for Building Envelopes and Roofs
IR Inspection of Building Envelopes & Roofs is a two-day theory and application course for the use of thermal imaging to locate and evaluate energy loss and moisture problems within building envelopes and insulated roofing systems.
Course overview
Course code: APP-BUIL
This course covers:
- Infrared theory
- Heat transfer concepts
- Equipment operation and selection
- Standards compliance
- Image analysis
- Report generation
Students are trained to identify and document thermal patterns caused by improper design, workmanship, or material failure. Attendees of open enrollment courses are encouraged to bring their own imager for individualized training or to learn how to use it more effectively. Course tuition includes all course presentations, Student Reference Manual and Certificate of Completion.
This is a non-certification course focused on a single application. Course attendance may be applied to training requirements for thermographer certification.
Course benefits
- Expand your knowledge of infrared thermography for commercial and residential building investigations
- Understand how to apply thermography in building investigations
- Receive a certification of achievement in Infrared Inspection of Building Envelopes & Roofs
What will you learn?
- How to detect hidden problems in electrical systems, HVAC systems, roofs, and building sidewalls
- How to successfully market, price and sell infrared inspection services
Upcoming sessions
Types of learning
Fully online and self-paced, working through narrated multimedia units with trainer support.
Who should apply
- Those who have little or no experience with thermography
- Those who are considering purchasing a thermal imager
- Those who have recently purchased a thermal imager
Curriculum
Basic Infrared Theory
- Heat transfer
- Electromagnetic spectrum
- Emittance, reflectance, and transmittance
- Atmospheric transmission
Infrared Equipment
- Selection criteria
- Range and level settings
- Image and data recording
- Self-directed learning activities for hands-on use
Building / Roof Moisture & Pest Inspections
- Theory and component construction
- Insulation & material moisture characteristics
- Inspection techniques – interior/exterior
- Weather variables and models
- Required site conditions – creating sufficient Delta T
- Pre-inspection procedures
- Thermal signatures of latent moisture
- Thermal signatures of pest damage
- Mold detection
- Inspection, data recording, marking and mapping
- Destructive and non-destructive moisture verification
- Standards for inspection
- End-user and thermographer responsibilities
- Safety practices
- Data gathering and report preparation
Energy Loss Inspections
- Theory and component construction
- Insulation & material characteristics
- Inspection techniques – interior/exterior
- Weather variables and models
- Required site conditions – creating sufficient Delta T
- Pre-inspection procedures
- Inspection and data recording
- Verification of data
- Conduction losses by insufficient, missing, damaged or improperly-installed
- weather variables and influences
- thermal signatures
- Convection losses by uncontrolled air movement
- natural and forced convection
- thermal signatures
- pressurization/depressurization techniques
- Standards for inspection
- end-user and thermographer responsibilities
- safety practices
- data gathering and report preparation
Implementing an IR Predictive Maintenance Program
- 9 steps to setting up a program
- Integrating with other predictive technologies
- Cross-verifying with other predictive technologies
- Why programs fail, how they succeed
- Generating standards-compliant reports
