I make use of test and measurement tools to identify structural and energy efficiency related construction problems. I present here most of them:
- Total Station with no prism capability and 2″ accuracy for geometric measuring of buildings and site,
- Geodetic GNSS,
- Laser distance meter,
- Photographic camera to build a 3D reconstructed model using photogrammetric algorithms,
- Thermal camera for building diagnostics, energy auditing and home inspection, moisture and restoration etc,
- 4 humidity and temperature data loggers,
- Moisture meter,
- Portable indoor air quality CO2 meter,
- Datalogging light meter,
- Thermo-anemometer with infrared thermometer,
- Digital sound level meter,
- Power clamp meter with power factor measurement capability and a true RMS multimeter,
- Wireless data logging distribution box energy monitor and 3 socket energy meters,
- Triaxial high-frequency EMF meter (50MHz to 3.5GHz),
- and I intend to get a U value measuring system, an impact test meter, a wall scanner and a combustion analyzer.
I own many programs of structural design software like CSI Etabs and Statics, energy building simulation software like epa-nr, energyplus and esp-r, lighting calculation and rendering Radiance, special optimization tools like GenOpt and a lot of special and custom made mini software tools. I’m a software developer myself (C# and Java) and I’ve built some tools I use myself, mostly for construction optimization.
