Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Anadolu Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi, cilt.35, sa.3, ss.404-409, 2020 (TRDizin)
Buildings consume approximately 36% of the total energy overall in Turkey. Further, space heating and cooling in buildings accounts for more than one-third of the total energy consumed. Therefore, undesirable heat losses are one of the most significant problems in enhancing buildings’ energy efficiency. The most important issue in preventing heat losses in buildings is determining the areas that cause loss, which can be detected with high-tech thermal cameras. The application of thermal imaging in poultry barns is an innovative new technology that can help determine the performance of insulation applications. This study focused on applicability of thermal imaging to detect heat losses and gains occurred because of structural problems in a poultry barn. The findings indicate that thermal imaging technique can identify structural problems which cause heat losses or gains and that these problems mostly arise from holes in windows and doors, insufficient insulation of windows and doors frame, and cracks in sandwich panel structures.