Aerial surveying company Bluesky International is using next generation thermal survey equipment to capture highly accurate measurements of relative heat loss from building and other structures across the UK at night. The resulting thermal maps provide municipal authorities and other organisations with intelligence with which to address fuel poverty, reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency. Thermal imagery has even been used by the Police to identify properties used as cannabis factories where high temperatures are used to encourage growth.
Rachel Tidmarsh, Managing Director of Bluesky International, explores the technology that has made this possible and how this and other types of night time mapping are providing benefit.
