IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/rensus/v165y2022ics1364032122004397.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Infrared thermography in the built environment: A multi-scale review

Author

Listed:
  • Martin, Miguel
  • Chong, Adrian
  • Biljecki, Filip
  • Miller, Clayton

Abstract

The paper presents a review on major contributions in infrared thermography to study the built environment at multiple scales. To elaborate the review, hundreds of studies conducted between the 1980s and 2020s were first selected based on their relevance to the scope. Afterward, the most relevant contributions were classified and chronologically sorted. From the classification, it is observed that most reviewed studies were conducted to evaluate the thermal performance of buildings or detect their defects using images collected by an infrared camera. At the same time, a considerable number of studies used thermal images obtained by a satellite to observe the urban heat island effect. Despite the important number of contributions in infrared thermography at multiple scales of the built environment, three main research gaps or opportunities can be identified in the literature. First, it would be possible to perform a more detailed analysis of urban heat fluxes using thermal images collected at multiple scales. Then, thermal images collected by a mounted or handheld infrared camera could be used to create building energy models. Finally, better visualization tools would be developed to monitor a city’s energy use and improve its sustainability if thermal images were integrated into Internet-of-Things and digital twin platforms.

Suggested Citation

  • Martin, Miguel & Chong, Adrian & Biljecki, Filip & Miller, Clayton, 2022. "Infrared thermography in the built environment: A multi-scale review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:165:y:2022:i:c:s1364032122004397
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112540
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032122004397
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112540?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Baldinelli, Giorgio & Bianchi, Francesco & Rotili, Antonella & Costarelli, Danilo & Seracini, Marco & Vinti, Gianluca & Asdrubali, Francesco & Evangelisti, Luca, 2018. "A model for the improvement of thermal bridges quantitative assessment by infrared thermography," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 211(C), pages 854-864.
    2. Giuliano Dall'O' & Luca Sarto & Angela Panza, 2013. "Infrared Screening of Residential Buildings for Energy Audit Purposes: Results of a Field Test," Energies, MDPI, vol. 6(8), pages 1-20, July.
    3. Fox, Matthew & Coley, David & Goodhew, Steve & de Wilde, Pieter, 2014. "Thermography methodologies for detecting energy related building defects," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 296-310.
    4. Asdrubali, Francesco & Baldinelli, Giorgio & Bianchi, Francesco, 2012. "A quantitative methodology to evaluate thermal bridges in buildings," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 365-373.
    5. Albatici, Rossano & Tonelli, Arnaldo M. & Chiogna, Michela, 2015. "A comprehensive experimental approach for the validation of quantitative infrared thermography in the evaluation of building thermal transmittance," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 218-228.
    6. Doo Sung Choi & Myeong Jin Ko, 2019. "Analysis of Convergence Characteristics of Average Method Regulated by ISO 9869-1 for Evaluating In Situ Thermal Resistance and Thermal Transmittance of Opaque Exterior Walls," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-18, May.
    7. Seyoung Park & Seo Hoon Kim & Hakgeun Jeong & Sung Lok Do & Jonghun Kim, 2021. "In Situ Evaluation of the U-Value of a Window Using the Infrared Method," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-14, March.
    8. Fokaides, Paris A. & Kalogirou, Soteris A., 2011. "Application of infrared thermography for the determination of the overall heat transfer coefficient (U-Value) in building envelopes," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 88(12), pages 4358-4365.
    9. Kylili, Angeliki & Fokaides, Paris A. & Christou, Petros & Kalogirou, Soteris A., 2014. "Infrared thermography (IRT) applications for building diagnostics: A review," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 531-549.
    10. David Bienvenido-Huertas & Roberto Rodríguez-Álvaro & Juan José Moyano & Fernando Rico & David Marín, 2018. "Determining the U -Value of Façades Using the Thermometric Method: Potentials and Limitations," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-17, February.
    11. Lucchi, Elena, 2018. "Applications of the infrared thermography in the energy audit of buildings: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 82(P3), pages 3077-3090.
    12. Lehmann, B. & Ghazi Wakili, K. & Frank, Th. & Vera Collado, B. & Tanner, Ch., 2013. "Effects of individual climatic parameters on the infrared thermography of buildings," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 29-43.
    13. Francesco Bianchi & Anna Laura Pisello & Giorgio Baldinelli & Francesco Asdrubali, 2014. "Infrared Thermography Assessment of Thermal Bridges in Building Envelope: Experimental Validation in a Test Room Setup," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 6(10), pages 1-14, October.
    14. Thunyathep Santhanavanich & Volker Coors, 2021. "CityThings: An integration of the dynamic sensor data to the 3D city model," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 48(3), pages 417-432, March.
    15. Doo Sung Choi & Myeong Jin Ko, 2017. "Comparison of Various Analysis Methods Based on Heat Flowmeters and Infrared Thermography Measurements for the Evaluation of the In Situ Thermal Transmittance of Opaque Exterior Walls," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-22, July.
    16. Baldinelli, G. & Bianchi, F., 2014. "Windows thermal resistance: Infrared thermography aided comparative analysis among finite volumes simulations and experimental methods," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 250-258.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Bienvenido-Huertas, David & Moyano, Juan & Marín, David & Fresco-Contreras, Rafael, 2019. "Review of in situ methods for assessing the thermal transmittance of walls," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 356-371.
    2. Lucchi, Elena, 2018. "Applications of the infrared thermography in the energy audit of buildings: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 82(P3), pages 3077-3090.
    3. Baldinelli, Giorgio & Bianchi, Francesco & Rotili, Antonella & Costarelli, Danilo & Seracini, Marco & Vinti, Gianluca & Asdrubali, Francesco & Evangelisti, Luca, 2018. "A model for the improvement of thermal bridges quantitative assessment by infrared thermography," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 211(C), pages 854-864.
    4. O'Grady, Małgorzata & Lechowska, Agnieszka A. & Harte, Annette M., 2017. "Quantification of heat losses through building envelope thermal bridges influenced by wind velocity using the outdoor infrared thermography technique," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 208(C), pages 1038-1052.
    5. Blanca Tejedor & Eva Barreira & Vasco Peixoto de Freitas & Tomasz Kisilewicz & Katarzyna Nowak-Dzieszko & Umberto Berardi, 2020. "Impact of Stationary and Dynamic Conditions on the U-Value Measurements of Heavy-Multi Leaf Walls by Quantitative IRT," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-19, December.
    6. Bienvenido-Huertas, David & Moyano, Juan & Rodríguez-Jiménez, Carlos E. & Marín, David, 2019. "Applying an artificial neural network to assess thermal transmittance in walls by means of the thermometric method," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 233, pages 1-14.
    7. Iole Nardi & Elena Lucchi, 2023. "In Situ Thermal Transmittance Assessment of the Building Envelope: Practical Advice and Outlooks for Standard and Innovative Procedures," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-31, April.
    8. Fokaides, Paris A. & Jurelionis, Andrius & Gagyte, Laura & Kalogirou, Soteris A., 2016. "Mock target IR thermography for indoor air temperature measurement," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 676-685.
    9. Doo Sung Choi & Myeong Jin Ko, 2017. "Comparison of Various Analysis Methods Based on Heat Flowmeters and Infrared Thermography Measurements for the Evaluation of the In Situ Thermal Transmittance of Opaque Exterior Walls," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-22, July.
    10. Kheira Anissa Tabet Aoul & Rahma Hagi & Rahma Abdelghani & Monaya Syam & Boshra Akhozheya, 2021. "Building Envelope Thermal Defects in Existing and Under-Construction Housing in the UAE; Infrared Thermography Diagnosis and Qualitative Impacts Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-23, February.
    11. Albatici, Rossano & Tonelli, Arnaldo M. & Chiogna, Michela, 2015. "A comprehensive experimental approach for the validation of quantitative infrared thermography in the evaluation of building thermal transmittance," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 218-228.
    12. Doo Sung Choi & Myeong Jin Ko, 2019. "Analysis of Convergence Characteristics of Average Method Regulated by ISO 9869-1 for Evaluating In Situ Thermal Resistance and Thermal Transmittance of Opaque Exterior Walls," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-18, May.
    13. Akkurt, G.G. & Aste, N. & Borderon, J. & Buda, A. & Calzolari, M. & Chung, D. & Costanzo, V. & Del Pero, C. & Evola, G. & Huerto-Cardenas, H.E. & Leonforte, F. & Lo Faro, A. & Lucchi, E. & Marletta, L, 2020. "Dynamic thermal and hygrometric simulation of historical buildings: Critical factors and possible solutions," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    14. Garrido, I. & Lagüela, S. & Otero, R. & Arias, P., 2020. "Thermographic methodologies used in infrastructure inspection: A review—Post-processing procedures," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 266(C).
    15. Kylili, Angeliki & Fokaides, Paris A. & Christou, Petros & Kalogirou, Soteris A., 2014. "Infrared thermography (IRT) applications for building diagnostics: A review," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 531-549.
    16. Rasooli, Arash & Itard, Laure, 2019. "In-situ rapid determination of walls’ thermal conductivity, volumetric heat capacity, and thermal resistance, using response factors," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 253(C), pages 1-1.
    17. David Bienvenido-Huertas, 2020. "Assessing the Environmental Impact of Thermal Transmittance Tests Performed in Façades of Existing Buildings: The Case of Spain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-18, August.
    18. Shabunko, Veronika & Badrinarayanan, Samyuktha & Pillai, Dhanup S., 2021. "Evaluation of in-situ thermal transmittance of innovative building integrated photovoltaic modules: Application to thermal performance assessment for green mark certification in the tropics," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 235(C).
    19. Flores Larsen, Silvana & Hongn, Marcos, 2014. "Determining the infrared reflectance of specular surfaces by using thermographic analysis," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 306-313.
    20. Carlos Morón & Pablo Saiz & Daniel Ferrández & Rubén Felices, 2018. "Comparative Analysis of Infrared Thermography and CFD Modelling for Assessing the Thermal Performance of Buildings," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-19, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:165:y:2022:i:c:s1364032122004397. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/600126/description#description .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.