Comfortable. That’s what you want your home or place of work to be. Home should be a place where you and your family can kick off your shoes, sit back, relax and feel great.  Your place of work needs a stable environment to obtain the maximum from your employees.

Summer In summer, infrared energy from the sun is easily absorbed by roof and wall structures and soft insulation. Through conduction and convection, excessive heat can penetrate the building’s insulation layers, eventually radiating to the interior causing an unwelcome temperature rise.   An HRM System blocks the infrared energy passing through structures so the insulation layers and the interior are kept cool and the internal environment is controlled by using less energy.

Winter In winter, the system has the reverse effect; it stops warmth escaping from ceiling, wall and floor structures by sealing the building’s envelope and deflecting infrared energy back into the interior.  Fuel is not wasted in heating up the building’s insulation layers and the internal environment is control by using less energy.

Thermal Imaging can show where heat loss commonly occurs.

The photo on the left indicates the difference in temperatures emanating from the surface of the building. The blue areas indicate the effective insulation, while the red, orange and yellow areas indicate inefficient insulation ... or none at all. The resulting increase of heating costs in the winter, and cooling costs in the summer, have a negative effect upon the owners of this home. Equally, the environment suffers also.

Commonly roof insulation has been installed, however, all too often, little or no consideration is given to the buildings outer walls. The results of this omission are clearly revealed here. Had Apollo’s reflective heat barriers been applied to this building, the result would not have been nearly so colourful.

Of course, the transference of temperatures applies to the need for heat retention in cold climatic conditions, and the restriction of heat intrusion in hot climatic conditions. In the height of summer, the picture on the left would take on a very different tone. The blue colours would be replaced by oranges and reds, and the air-conditioners would be working furiously to redress the balance

Thermo-graphic images provided by ThermografieMaschke Schwarzwaldstrasse, Germany