If a roof in an office building is poorly covered, a door is not properly insulated and windows in the production hall are outdated and dilapidated, this can have a significant impact on operating costs – but also on energy management. These typical weak points cause heat loss in the building, which drives up heating bills. This article is about an effective method for detecting heat losses quickly and efficiently.
According to the German Energy Agency, around 35 percent of total final energy consumption in Germany is used for heat in buildings. In order to save energy more effectively and thus reduce costs, it is therefore necessary to reduce these heat losses in the house or building in particular.
Effectively visualize heat losses – with thermography
Thermography can be used to quickly find out whether and where a property is emitting too much heat unnoticed. Buildings and properties are photographed from all sides using high-quality thermographic cameras. The cameras record the invisible heat losses of the buildings and thus also detect all so-called thermal bridges – i.e. those parts of a building that give off heat faster than others. Thermography has now become established for identifying heat losses or even structural defects in this context. The best results can be achieved in winter in particular.
Thermography also interesting for companies
Companies and small businesses in particular have been hit hard this winter when you look at the high energy prices. In many cases, such high bills are directly attributable to such heat losses. Heat losses generate enormous sums of money, especially in buildings with a large surface area – such as office buildings, exhibition halls, supermarkets and even hospitals. This is also confirmed by the German Energy Agency: “Although non-residential buildings only make up around one seventh of the total stock, they account for more than one third of the final energy consumption of all buildings” (dena Building Report 2019).
With good thermographic evaluations and targeted modernization, companies can therefore significantly reduce their heating costs and thus save large sums of money. Thermal insulation is therefore worthwhile. The German Energy Agency dena has compiled an in-depth report that looks at other reasons for heat loss and recommends initial follow-up measures. You can download the report here:
About KENEXOS®
With Kreutzpointner Business Software GmbH (KBS for short), Kreutzpointner is setting a significant milestone in the technical development of the entire group of companies. Kreutzpointner Business Software GmbH focuses on the special requirements and digital needs of industrial customers with an independent business model. The operational launch took place in October 2020.
With KENEXOS®, KBS offers corporate customers an individually expandable application platform with its own software products and focuses on the implementation of industrial applications. KENEXOS® offers modern web technology for access via a wide range of end devices and enables integration with existing systems via an API interface. The standard modules include, for example, construction site documentation, task and ticket recording, plant management and maintenance and many more. The application platform is available for in-house installation (on-premise) or as a cloud solution (SaaS).
The ideas and the technical basis for Kreutzpointner Business Software GmbH have been successfully developed in recent years as part of the company-wide “Research & Development” process. In addition to the IT systems division, the new digital unit ideally rounds off Kreutzpointner’s large portfolio.