Residents in Kamloops and the TNRD will soon be able to tell just how well insulated their homes are.

Starting today, Thompson Nicola Regional Library members will be able to borrow thermal imaging cameras that connect to your smartphones.

City of Kamloops community energy specialist Derek de Candole says you’ll be able to find problem areas in your house.

“The obvious places around windows and doors, you’re really able to see what part of the window or door you might want to put a little extra caulking on,” he said.

“When you take these cameras out, you’re also given an airtightness kit, that has some draft proofing tools in it, that Fortis BC has provided. You take those home, and you can do these little retrofits.”

The See the Heat program is a partnership between the library, the City of Kamloops and Fortis BC.

DeCandole thinks it can help people save money.

“36,000 houses in Kamloops. We don’t have home level data, but what we do have is data across the entire community,” he said. “So we’re able to see those 36 thousand homes represent something like 10 or 15 per cent of community-wide emissions.”

“That in it of itself makes it worthwhile from our perspective to focus on trying to help people conserve energy.”

As for the cameras, they’re pretty easy to use with a free FLIR app, which you can get at your app store.

DeCandole expects there will be a demand for these kits, which you can keep for a maximum of seven days.