As I’ve moved through my career in this business, whether it be as a service technician, building automation technician, energy auditor, or a commissioning agent, I look back and wonder how I performed my job without a thermal imaging camera in my tool bag. Considering everything we do revolves around heat transfer, there’s no better way to visualize heat transfer than with thermal imaging.
When a thermal camera is brought into a situation, it’s often a last resort when all of our trial and error didn’t work. Considering how expensive some cameras are, most of us can relate. I’m not going to spend time comparing types of cameras, though I will say the technology is getting more affordable every day, and the quick return on investment makes this technology a no-brainer.