Saving energy is still playing an important role in controlling process plant costs, Preventing heat leakage from process equipment or steam pipes is one method to reduce energy consumption. In order to reach the goal, not only a proper insulation program, but a fast’ convenient and trustable technique is also needed to inspect the poor insulated area to be fixed. So, the article introduce the example of infrared thermography technique applied to steam pipe insulation inspection. Besides of discussing the parameter effect and skill, the heat loss analysis is done to integrate the application.