TBI-App – Insulation Inspection Tool

TBI–App is an easy-to-use insulation self-

inspection and reporting tool for anyone who wants to very quickly check and estimate

how much energy and money saving potential a technical insulation system has to offer.

TBI-App offers a conservative estimation of the amount of energy a component is

losing. In addition it shows the potential savings if insulated or if an improved insulation

system is being installed. The saving estimations are given in a range evaluating the

performance of a typical basic and a realistic good insulation system. The estimation

methodology is based on:

1. EiiF’s vast TIPCHECK experience: In 2010 the European Industrial Insulation

Foundation developed its insulation energy appraisal programme called Technical

Insulation Performance Check.

2. Simplified heat transfer formulas taken from the ISO 12241 Standard: Thermal

insulation for building equipment and industrial installations – calculation rules.

3. Generic values allowing a conservative estimation like using by default e.g. 0 m/s wind

speed and horizontal as the orientation of the system.

TBI-App offers besides the possibility to estimate potential energy and CO2 savings also to

report information about safety concerns (e.g. too hot surfaces and fire protection needs,

etc.), failures in maintenance (leakages and corrosion detection, etc.) and any other issue

that may be relevant to its user.

TBI-App can be used offline. After being installed to the device no internet connection is

needed and no data will be transferred to any external or internal server. All reports and

data are stored solely on the TBI-App device.

TBI-App provides export to PDF. All reports can be exported to PDF and further

processed as PDF files.