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Thermal imaging cameras are available for St Albans District residents to borrow during the winter months FREE from Sustainable St Albans. To book your place on an Information sessions and then borrow the camera visit the event summary here:  www.sustainablestalbans.org/events Why borrow a thermal imaging camera? A thermal imaging camera enables you to see heat leaking or cold air entering your house by taking colour-coded images highlighting temperature differences. The camera can highlight insufficient loft insulation, gaps in floorboards, draughty windows, badly fitted loft hatches, and much more. These areas allow warmth to escape, meaning you use more fuel to keep your house warm. See our case studies for more information and ideas of how they have been used in local buildings along with advice on what to do next, and also our blog page for blog articles relating to using the thermal imaging cameras in homes, schools and community buildings and reducing heat loss at home. How the information sessions work? We run regular 40 minute information sessions – between October and March/April each year. See Events pages for the upcoming dates and to book your place. The cameras are available for residents of the St Albans District to borrow the camera, it is free to borrow a camera although donations towards the running costs for the camera project are always welcome! The camera is not generally available to those living outside the district. A £200 security deposit cheque (or electronic payment) is required. The deposit cheque is destroyed (or payments refunded) once the camera is returned in working order. The Information sessions look at: a) what you can learn about your home by using the camera, b) the arrangements for booking to borrow the camera, and for the collection and return of the camera, c) the handling of security deposits, followed by time for questions and answers. Please note the sessions are frequently fully booked, if you can no longer attend, please cancel by EventBrite or advise us ASAP so that someone else can have that place. Sustainable St Albans has three (different) thermal imaging camera (known as “Harpenden Camera”, “St Albans camera” and “Community Camera”). The “Harpenden Camera” and the “St Albans Camera” are loaned to St Albans district residents on a daily basis and the “Community Camera” is loaned to schools and to community groups on a weekly basis. Following the information session you will be sent links to various Eventbrite Borrowing Events to book to borrow the camera. The cameras are held by our thermal imaging camera volunteers on rotation; current locations include (eg Central Harpenden, West Harpenden, Redbourn, AL1 South East, AL1 Bernards Heath, AL4 Colney Heath Lane, London Colney). We also have a SSA Thermal Imaging Project facebook page where camera users can share their experiences and findings.