50-70% of energy costs at home are due to temperature control. And with Energy costs skyrocketing, demand is greater than ever for home energy inspectors. A home energy inspector, using advanced technology of infrared cameras, can see temperature differences that no one else can see, potentially saving the homeowner hundreds or thousands per year.

Certified Thermographers have easily make one hundred dollars per hour or more doing simple energy audits. Each audit will take approximately 2 hours to perform. The use of a thermal image camera is a must in completing the audit.

The Infrared training center ITC is a great place to start your certification. They are owned by FLIR, the leading infrared camera company, so their training is bent toward you owning one of their cameras. But they are familiar with FLUKE cameras as well. They offer level 1 certification in a four day course. InspectorTools also offers a great course for thermographers to learn practical application for performing energy audits. Infrared Certified offers a class geared toward home inspectors trying to get familiar with thermography cameras. And the last recommended certification class is put on by infraspection institute.

As far as cameras are concerned, the top two brands are FLIR and FLUKE. FLIR is a little more popular, but I recommend the FLUKE as the best bang for your buck. Both are great Infrared camera companies, but the FLUKE Ti50 is a great intro camera.