Thermal imaging (thermographic) inspections in Charlottetown

Charlottetown gets about 4,404 heating degree-days a year, a measure of how much heating its climate needs, and its winter design temperature, the cold day heating systems are sized for, is −19.3°C. Those figures come from the climate data for Charlottetown in HOT2000, the home-energy software Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) gives energy advisors. That gives Charlottetown a long window, roughly late fall to early spring, when the inside-outside difference comfortably exceeds the 10°C an infrared scan needs.

Of Charlottetown's 10,405 houses (single-detached, semi-detached, row houses and duplexes), 20% were built before 1961 and 66% before 1991, according to the 2021 Census. Older houses are where the camera earns its keep: empty or settled wall cavities, gaps at the top of walls, and cold corners where framing bridges the insulation. Run it with the blower door test depressurizing the house and every leak shows up as a cold streak.

Most EnerGuide advisors include an infrared scan with the evaluation, but it isn't required, so confirm when you book. efficiencyPEI's subsidized home energy assessment costs $99 + HST, booked directly with one of its efficiency partners.