A comparative study of in-situ measurement methods of a building wall thermal resistance using infrared thermography

This study concerns the in-situ determination of the thermal resistance of a building wall. Measurements were performed in the PANISSE platform, which is a residential building with two floors located in the town of Villemomble, at about ten kilometers in the east of Paris. During a renovation, a 6cm-thick external insulating layer was fixed onto the cellular concrete walls of the house. Three methods using IR thermography were used to estimate the thermal resistance of the insulated walls. Results are compared to a standardized method (ISO 9869-1) that uses contact sensors. The comparison is made considering estimated thermal resistance values, measurement uncertainties and measurement duration.