Town halls are photographing houses in the middle of the night to see whether they are wasting energy.
The thermal images, which show heat escaping though windows, doors and roofs, will be sent to homeowners to encourage them to insulate.
Tens of thousands of properties have been photographed over the past few months and there are plans to extend the scheme to every house in the country.
So in the pictures above, the house with the mainly green walls is well insulated, only losing a little heat through the top of the garage door and upstairs windows. The other property is radiating heat through the walls.
The company behind the taxpayer-funded Heatseekers scheme denies the photographs are an intrusion into privacy.
But the project will inevitably raise concerns about the rise of the Big Brother state.
At least 25 councils have signed deals with Heatseekers. This week, the vans were touring Salford in the evening taking around 1,000 images an hour.
A spokesman for Salford City Council said: ‘We hope people don’t see it like Big Brother is watching you – it’s about helping people cut their energy bills and save money.
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