Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TherVIS (A Thermal-Visual Integrated System Mounted on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for 3D energy performance mapping and forecasting and damage evaluation)
Reporting period: 2014-10-01 to 2015-03-31
The general objective of the project is the demonstration, up to commercial phase, of a device that allows for a 3D energy performance mapping and forecasting and for detection of structural damages of buildings with a limited number of images (i.e. low operating costs) particularly in dangerous areas and in difficult to access, large areas.
TherVIS project aims therefore to establish a product for intelligent monitoring and emergency management of civilian infrastructures that breaks into the market coupling aerial robotics and sensorial technologies at the forefront of European market. The goal, to be achieved through the demonstration phase, is to qualify the prototype through the run of business cases in at least a site of interest for the local community. The performances of the device in terms of repeatability and reliability of the measurements will be assessed.
Based on service and selling previsions, the environmental benefit associated with the use of the TherVIS devices in terms of reduction of methane (CH4) and hence CO2 emissions have been evaluated. According to it, the environmental impact related to tool usage, under the assumption that to each TherVIS monitoring corresponds an energy building renovation action, a reference value of almost 120.000 tonns of CO2 reduction is forecasted after the first five years of TherVIS usage, resulting in a tangible contribution to CO2 emission reduction.