An award winning and
revolutionary energy efficiency detecting vehicle hit the roads of
Forest Heath in December. The vehicle aims to help homeowners
pinpoint escaping heat in their homes.
The unique HeatSeekers
vehicle, with state of the art technology – developed and mobilised
by the Energy Saving Partnership – uses thermal imaging technology
and has so far identified 3,586 that may benefit from improved
insulation.
Operating at night,
during the colder months, each vehicle has the ability to assess up
to 1,000 properties an hour. The thermal-imaging technology
highlights where heat is escaping from a property and identifies
whether it would benefit from further insulation.
Once the area has been
imaged, a dedicated team of energy advisors will carry out free
surveys, talking to local residents about how they can improve
insulation and take action to reduce both their energy bills and
carbon footprint.
Forest Heath Councillor
Tony Simmons, Member Champion for the Environment said “As part of
our commitment to Suffolk, Creating the Greenest County we are
working with HeatSeekers to help our residents identify if they can
reduce the amount of heat being lost from their home and access
funding to be able to do so. This is a great scheme which aims to
cover the whole District over this and next winter.”
Keith Hewitson, Director
of the Energy Saving Partnership, said: “The HeatSeekers thermal
imaging vehicle has already created quite a buzz in the sector and
we are delighted to see it in action. Our energy advisors are keen
to spread the word about the grant funding which is easily
available to ALL homeowners, which significantly reduces the cost
of insulation improvements”.
In order to carry out the
insulation generated from HeatSeekers, the project has teamed up
with Mark Group, the UK's largest insulation and energy efficiency
installation company.
This service does not
cost Forest Heath District Council any money and can often lead to
homeowners receiving discounted energy saving measures. If any
homeowner would like a free insulation survey on their property
please call HeatSeekers on 0845 390 9390 (local rate call).
The HeatSeekers vehicle
will be returning to the Forest heath roads week commencing 15
February 2010.
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