Interesting new tool for Home Insulation

[jwslam]

Looks like they take IR heat scans from a satellite and tell you how your home looks on an insulation POV.

https://myheat.ca/calgary

Mine:

Your home’s HEAT Score is 6/10, which indicates moderate total heat loss. A lower score means that the house loses less energy. Typically larger homes will lose more energy.
https://myheat.ca/static/img/thm/calgary/thm-5019186.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Zcx1k-wY0m.jpg

[Thaco]

i saw this advertised on facebook, went to go look for my place but its not on there, i guess because its a townhouse, but it is interesting for sure.

[roopi]

How old is this. My home isn't on here and I've been in it for 3 years in December.

Rental house shows:
Your home’s HEAT Score is 5/10, which indicates moderate total heat loss. A lower score means that the house loses less energy. Typically larger homes will lose more energy.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by roopi
How old is this. My home isn't on here and I've been in it for 3 years in December.
https://myheat.ca/faq

For cities currently available online on the MyHEAT platform, the data was collected in October 2015, after 11:00 PM, in order to nullify any impact of solar loading.

[rage2]

Originally posted by roopi
Typically larger homes will lose more energy.
That's basically how the whole map looks. Big houses red, medium houses orange, small houses green. :dunno:

[Thaco]

its pretty sad to see the newer communities are so poorly scored too, just hows how quality has declined.


but its also kinda funny how any houses lining water and stuff are really bad, maybe just because they are more exposed to wind?

[jwslam]

Originally posted by rage2

That's basically how the whole map looks. Big houses red, medium houses orange, small houses green. :dunno:
Houses on my street are generally the same size. (1300 sqft 2 stories)

Majority of detached garages are green, whereas attached are orange.

[suntan]

Originally posted by Thaco
its pretty sad to see the newer communities are so poorly scored too, just hows how quality has declined.
This app is a massive piece of shit, that's why. The score is based on the required insulation code that existed when the home was built. So anybody that bothered to do anything like fill their attic in their 50's home is going to look like a hero.

[blownz]

Originally posted by rage2

That's basically how the whole map looks. Big houses red, medium houses orange, small houses green. :dunno:

I just checked on two peoples houses I know in Auburn Bay and the ~2200sq ft 2 story house that was about $550K and just just a generic build is rated a 5. The ~2800sq ft custom built bungalow that was over $1.5M is a 9. And both of those owners have compared heating bills and it is funny because the larger house only costs a few bucks extra a month because of how well it is built, the in slab heat, and high end furnaces.

Either way the images look cool. :thumbsup:

[benyl]

I wonder what time of day and what part of the year they do this. (too lazy to look)

I have R60 in my roof except for the red area by the arrow.

The roofs in my neighbourhood are all black. Architectural control. how much does that factor into this heat measurement?

Funny thing is that my heated attached garage is blue. And I know the door leaks heat like crazy.

[rage2]

A 9 benyl? Jesus fuck you must live in a mansion.

[speedog]

The worst part of my place for heat loss - my detached, unheated, uninsulated garage.

[Thaco]

Originally posted by benyl
I wonder what time of day and what part of the year they do this. (too lazy to look)

I have R60 in my roof except for the red area by the arrow.

The roofs in my neighbourhood are all black. Architectural control. how much does that factor into this heat measurement?

Funny thing is that my heated attached garage is blue. And I know the door leaks heat like crazy. thats some epic laziness, the time and date of the can is even in the 3rd post of the thread...

[Strider]

Attached infill... Neighbour must have his heat cranked up like a sauna

[klumsy_tumbler]

My house got a 5. It's pretty small though... :dunno:

[Thaco]

Originally posted by Strider
Attached infill... Neighbour must have his heat cranked up like a sauna i live in a townhouse, i often turn my heat off and just leach off the neighbors :)

[Nufy]

Hmm 4/10 A nice shade of green for my place.

[jeffh]

My old house is a small 2-storey in the deep se. I added r40 fibreglass batts to the entire attic on top of the existing (r40) blown-in insulation. Says the house is a 3/10.
My neighbour across the street has same model of home, built roughly at the same time, but does not have the added insulation. His home is a 4/10.

[Zero102]

4/10 here as well. Neat tool, thanks for the link!

[A2VR6]

Says its unavailable for my place, yet it shows up for the rest of my block except the guy 2 guys down from me :dunno:

[revelations]

Yea there are so many factors to consider here.

Was there snow on the roof?

Were all the neighbourhoods imaged at the same time, on the same night? If not, some people turn down their heat at night (us) and some dont.

[raceman6135]

The University of Calgary started this 3 years ago:

Link to Web Archive as original Herald link is 404:

https://web.archive.org/web/20131218205318/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Researchers+find+wasted+heat+costing+Calgary+homeowners/9151052/story.html

[CLiVE]

Lol. 10/10 :thumbsup:
The garage and any of the open to below areas of the house show up blue......but I'm sure the 5 car attached garage doesn't help.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by CLiVE
5 car attached garage
:eek: :eek: :eek:

[revelations]

Honestly, unless you have an older home, this tool isnt really helpful.

Better to spend 200$ on a thermal camera (smart phone attached) and walk around the outside of the house when its below 0 - and then sell the camera once you're done.

For eg. I know my north-facing garage door is very poor at holding in any heat, so keeping the garage much above 0 is pretty useless.

Also, the foundation isnt very well insulated (as seen from outside) so when I redo the basement, I will add more/better insulation.

[schocker]

I noticed for duplexes/multifamily, it thinks it is all one house, so they are always rated low.

[mr2mike]

This was discussed at length about 3 years ago on here.
http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.php?threadid=376338


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