Patent ID: 7902507

Claim:
A method for analyzing a building using a computerized thermal imaging tool having programmed logic and a visual display comprising: (a) acquiring a thermal image of at least a portion of the building; (b) producing on the visual display a thermal image of the at least a portion of the building; (c) using the programmed logic to calculate an area value representing a geometric area of the thermal image; (d) providing information regarding a building material selected from the group consisting of (i) an insulation R-value characteristic of the building material, (ii) a wet-material R-value characteristic of the building material, (iii) a missing material R-value characteristic of the building material, and, (iv) combinations of two or more thereof; (e) using the programmed logic to operate on the area value and the R-value characteristic of the building material to calculate a parameter value selected from the group consisting of (i) an insulation value, (ii) an energy value, (iii) a monetary expense value, and (iv) combinations of two or more thereof; and (f) outputting the parameter value.