Borrow a thermal imaging camera
As a library member, you can borrow a FLIR ONE Edge thermal imaging camera for free from selected libraries to spot heat loss in your home and help you choose ways to save energy and lower bills.
What you can use it for
A thermal imaging camera may help you:
- find hot and cold spots around your home
- check cold areas around windows and doors
- spot possible gaps in insulation
- learn more about how your home uses energy.
To learn how to use the camera, understand your thermal images and explore what you could do next, read our user guide (PDF, 221.1 KB).
Find out more about how you could save money on energy through home improvements.
Before you borrow
To borrow and use a camera, you will need:
- a Kent Libraries membership
- be at least 16 years of age
- a compatible smartphone or tablet
- iOS 18 or Android 14 or later
- Bluetooth switched on
- the FLIR ONE app
- to sign a loan agreement when you collect the camera.
Not a library member?
Joining the library is free.
- Join at one of our libraries
- Join online.
Where you can borrow a camera
Thermal imaging cameras are available to borrow from selected libraries for up to 7 days. You can return the camera earlier if you have finished using it.
Borrow a thermal imaging camera from the following libraries:
- Ashford Library
- Canterbury Library
- Cranbrook Library
- Dartford Library
- Deal Library
- Dover Library
- Eden Library
- Folkestone Library
- Gravesend Library
- Herne Bay Library
- Hythe Library
- Kent History and Library Centre
- Margate Library
- Ramsgate Library
- Sevenoaks Library
- Sheerness Library
- Sittingbourne Library
- Southborough Library
- Tonbridge Library.
Reserve a thermal imaging camera
To reserve the the camera you will need to:
- choose the participating library you want to collect your camera from
- have your library card membership number available
- join the waiting list by either visiting your chosen participating library, or contacting us via:
- AKL@kent.gov.uk
- Phone
- 03000 41 31 31
When a camera is available, we will contact you to let you know it is ready to collect. You must return the camera to the same library you collected it from.
If the camera is lost or damaged
Tell us as soon as possible if the camera, or anything supplied with it, is lost or damaged during your loan.
Contact the library you collected the camera from or call 03000 41 31 31.