Measure and display the amount of heat flow through building elements and their U value accurately, quicker and cheaper than ever before.
Demo
Here is a video with sound demonstrating how to use HEAT3D to capture an energy survey of a room in 1 minute
About
HEAT3D uses an innovative development of a quantitative internal infra-red thermography method, combining two new and inexpensive technologies to provide a low cost handheld instrument offering a quick and highly visual 3D measurement of the heat flux value through a building surface in watts, along with its U value. HEAT3D doesn’t just measure the IR temperatures, it measures the actual heat flow in watts flowing through each part of the surface. These measurements can then be used to provide accurate input for before and after measurement and comparison of U values during refurbishment of existing buildings to improve insulation, and to check a new building’s performance meets predicted/designed U value expectations, provides the expected return on investment and meets future domestic EPCs (Energy Performance Certificate) requirements.
The research and development behind HEAT3D was part funded by Innovate UK
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Build Test Solutions adopt HEAT3D technology
Build Test Solutions now offer HEAT3D technology as a key part of their toolkit for Rapid U value measurements in Building energy performance monitoring, diagnostics, quality assurance & compliance testing solutions for the built environment. BTS Heat3D infrared thermography kit Heat3D is designed to work on iPhones and iPads and uses a portable thermal camera to obtain results …
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HEAT3D U value accuracy
HEAT3D has now been proved to measure U values accurately. A third field trial was carried out using HEAT3D’s innovative and unique time lapse survey procedure which takes less than 1.5 hours resulting in U-value measurements across a whole wall surface. This improves upon two key limitations of the existing standard method using heat flux plates, the …
HEAT3D heat flow accuracy
Two sets of field trials have been run comparing HEAT3D’s measurements with standard ISO 9869 heat flux plate ones. The first using an early version of HEAT3D before the investigations carried out at the Energy House. The second set afterwards, incorporating several significant innovations and improvements to HEAT3D’s methods and apparatus based on the results of …