Thermal Imaging (Case Seven)
Case Seven: Leaking Skylight
Building Type: High Rise Hotel with attached Spa
Complaint: Constant water on hallway floor causing falls.
Type: Guest safety.
Cause: The owner informed me during an energy audit that they have constant complaints of a wet floor in a hall way corridor connecting the hotel with a spa. Using thermal imaging, I was able to detect the presence of water without being able to see it. See Image pair 1.
Image Pair 1
Digital Image of Sky Light.
Thermal Image of Skylight
Solution: Skylight was repaired fixing the leak and eliminating the fall risk.