Does Anyone Have a Thermal Imaging Camera in the Back of Their Closet?
Now, if I can get my hands on a thermal imaging camera...
What I'd love to do is to take pictures of the buildings on the university campus using such a camera, which produce images like the one below - illustrating heat loss from buildings (cooler parts are blue, warmer parts that emit heat are red)
This picture is of the Houses of Parliament, showing that most of the heat loss comes through the big windows. Such images, here in Aber, would demonstrate the difference between the new Interpol building and the older 1970s concrete buildings in terms of energy efficiency and retaining heat (which after all is one of the biggest uses of energy on campus)
I've contacted the Maths/Physics dept and the Geography/Earth Sciences dept but they've both said that they don't have the equipment. Any ideas, anyone?
(Picture credited to the British Fenestration Rating Council)
posted by Aber Environment and Ethics @ 6:08 pm
1 Comments:
One suggestion would be to contact a local paranormal research group (ghost hunters). Thermal imaging cameras are one of the tools used by paranormal researchers to locate areas of cold or heat in the dark.
Unfortunately as far as I'm aware, though, there are no major paranormal research groups in the Aberystwyth area (see http://www.walesindex.co.uk/pages/2784_624.html).
Another possibly could be the RNLI / Coastguard / mountain rescue services, although I'd seriously doubt they'd allow use of their equipment for this type of activity - even if they did it on your behalf.
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