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Review of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) applications in the built environment: Towards automated building inspection procedures using drones
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Abstract Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS – a.k.a. drones) have evolved over the past decade as both advanced military technology and off-the-shelf consumer devices. There is a gradual shift towards public use of drones, which presents opportunities for effective remote procedures that can disrupt a variety of built environment disciplines. UAS equipment with remote sensing gear present an opportunity for analysis and inspection of existing building stocks, where architects, engineers, building energy auditors as well as owners can document building performance, visualize heat transfer using infrared imaging and create digital models using 3D photogrammetry. This paper presents a comprehensive review of various literature that addresses this topic, followed by the identification of a standard procedures for operating a UAS for energy audit missions. The presented framework is then tested on the Syracuse University campus site based on the literature review to showcase: 1) pre-flight inspection procedure parameters and methodologies; 2) during-flight visually identified areas of thermal anomalies using a UAS equipped with Infrared (IR) cameras and; 3) 3D CAD modeling developed through data gathered using UAS. A discussion of the findings suggests refining procedure accuracy through further empirical experimentation, as well as study replication, as a step towards standardizing the automation of building envelope inspection.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rakha, T., & Gorodetsky, A.
- Venue
- Automation in Construction
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-09
- Volume
- 93
- Pages
- 252-264
- ISSN
- 0926-5805 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2803119246
- Cited by
- 470
- References
- 33
- FWCI
- 39.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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