Thermal Imaging Training

December 2025 - March 2026

Cambridge Retrofit Hub are proud to be a part of this long standing Thermal Imaging project by Cambridge Carbon Footprint.

Book onto this free online training session to learn how you can use a thermal imaging camera to reveal where your home, and other buildings are leaking heat.

During a 60 minute session They’ll cover:

How to interpret thermal images and common pitfalls that lead to misinterpretation

Using the thermal cameras to get identify areas of poor insulation, draughts, faulty windows, heating problems, etc.

How to book a free thermal camera loan – available when you’re trained by this session

Your questions and concerns

Once you have completed this FREE training you will be eligible to borrow one of their FREE Thermal Imaging cameras.

Takes place monthly outside of the Cambridge Room Repair Cafe, first Saturday of each month from 9 am -12 pm

Our Home Energy Advisors can talk to you about your home and help you to work out ways to make it more comfortable, healthier and more energy efficient. This can be anything from sealing draughts, understanding your heating controls and avoiding mould growth to insulating your loft, changing to an air source heat pump or embarking on a full retrofit..

We welcome conversations with tenants and landlords as well as homeowners.

If you would like to join our team of Home Energy Advisors (full training given), please click the button below.

Upcoming dates

Sat 7th March 2026

Sat 28th February: 2.30- 5.30pm

Join this practical workshop to get hands-on experience using a thermal camera to find where heat is leaving your home. Learn techniques in applying airtightness tape to reduce this heat loss and draughts.

This is a 3 hour workshop in central Cambridge with a small cost to cover materials.

Venue: Flamsteed Road Scout Hut, Flamsteed Road, Cambridge CB1 3QU

Please book for this session and let us know any accessibility needs you have.

Cambridge Retrofit Hub are proud to be running this in person event alongside the Thermal Imaging project by Cambridge Carbon Footprint.

Sat 28th March, 2:30pm - 5:30pm

A practical workshop where you build-your-own in window fan to take away with you - We supply all the PAT tested, CE rated components and tools plus the support to help you make and use your own airtightness measurement tool. We are also offering free observation places for this training.

This 3 hour workshop is in central Cambridge. Venue: Flamsteed Road Scout Hut, Flamsteed Road, Cambridge CB1 3QU

Fan Build place: The cost charged is to cover the price of all the components - £200 (price to be finalised subject to material costs).

Observation place: Free. Gives access to the talk, Q&A and observing the build.

This workshop could be of particular interest to community group members who could share out the finished fan to test different homes in their community or people who are deep retrofitting their property and want a cost effective way to check airtightness throughout the rennovation. The in-window fan gives the basic airtightness results of a Blower Door test at a fraction of the cost!

For more information you can watch a short video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIM7KVAIAM8

Sat 7th March 2026, 9:00am – 12:00pm

The Cambridge Room Repair Cafe welcomes you anytime between 9am – 12pm at Unit 57, The Grafton Centre (opposite Boots).

No need to book, just turn up with your item needing repair and whilst you wait come learn about Cambridge Room. Our experienced volunteer repairers will do their best to fix things such as electronics, electro-mechanicals, small mechanical items and clothing. Repairs are free; any donations will go to Cambridge Room and to pay volunteer expenses.

How to get here: The Grafton Centre is a 20 minute walk from Cambridge Railway Station. There is bike parking available on Fitzroy and Burleigh Street. The four Park and Ride services stop at the Graton Bus Interchange every 10 mins and the Grafton Centre has two car parks (Sat Nav reference: CB1 1DB). Access information: Blue Badge parking bays are located on Level 4 of Grafton East car park. The Grafton Centre has a Shopmobility office on Level 4 of the Grafton East car park, where customers can borrow electric mobility scooters, electric wheelchairs, push wheelchairs, or rollators. There are lifts available for accessing different floors within the centre. New toilets, including disabled toilets, are located on the first floor, accessible via lift.

This event is insured by Wessex Insurance and run in partnership with Cambridge Carbon Footprint.

Location
The Cambridge Room Repair Cafe, 57 Grafton Centre, Cambridge CB1 1DB, UK

Improve the health, comfort and running costs of your home at this free community event:

7:30 - 9:30pm

Wednesday 4th March 2026

Milton Road Library, Ascham Road, Cambridge CB4 2BD

Join Cambridge Retrofit Hub (a local non-profit community benefit society) for:

A short film and Q&A on ways communities can work together to improve their home environments and save both money and carbon emissions.

Find out about basic low cost to no cost solutions and more to improve the energy efficiency and comfort of your home; how to ventilate your home to avoid mould; better insulate and seal leaks; and take advantage of renewable technologies.

This event is accessible and for everyone - tenants as well as homeowners.

Refreshments are provided

Please follow this link for details of accessibility provision: Milton Road Library Accessibility We are keen to accommodate you. Please let us know if you have additional needs.

Improve the health, comfort and running costs of your home at this free community event:

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Saturday 21st March 2026

Trumpington Pavilion Paget Road, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 9JF

Join us for:

A short film and Q&A on ways communities can work together to improve their home environments and save both money and carbon emissions.

Find out about basic low cost to no cost solutions and more to improve the energy efficiency and comfort of your home; how to ventilate your home to avoid mould; better insulate and seal leaks; and take advantage of renewable technologies.

This event is accessible and for everyone - tenants as well as homeowners.

Refreshments are providedPlease follow this link for details of accessibility features at Trumpington Pavilion Trumpington Pavilion accessibility

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Monday 23rd March, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Venue: Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ

Join us in person for the Power Station film at Cambridge Festival!

Pre-screening community meal 6:30-7:15pm

Film 7:15 - 7:45pm

QandA panel 7:45- 9:30pm including local MP Katie Thornborough, Tom Cox of Decent Energy

ABOUT THE FILM:

Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell’s masterpiece ‘Power Station’ documentary about their neighbourhood solar project, giving some tips on how to bring solar to your own neighbourhood.

This is a powerful social documentary of life in our times, charting the emotional ups and downs of herding cats and dealing with financial woes, with echoes of Ealing Comedy.

Join like-minded people for a light meal before the screening and a chance to meet Cambridgeshire community groups for more information on how you can engage in a solar project in your neighbourhood.

For more information click Book Here to go to the Eventbrite listing.

Lead hosts: Cambridge Retrofit Hub and Centre for Climate Repair at the University of Cambridge

Co-hosts: Cambridge Zero, Transition Cambridge Energy Group and Cambridge Carbon Footprint.