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. 
 

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