Recently, domestic waste policy has focused on resource circulation. In accordance with Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the “Enforcement Rules of Wastes Control Act”, which is targeted at waste incineration facilities, we established and announced methods for calculating the recovery and utilization rates of incineration-sourced heat in 2015. The lower heating value is important to energy recovery and utilization rate calculations. Hence, the lower heating values of the waste incineration facilities were estimated using the thermal method from KS B 6205. Heat loss decreases the heat recovery efficiency, and should be measured and evaluated. The surface temperatures of the incinerator and boiler are required to determine heat loss. Presently, the contact point temperature method is used to measure the surface temperature. It is difficult to apply this method to the average surface temperature of an incineration facility. In this study, 20 Korean waste incineration facilities were selected for heat loss estimates based on waste incineration temperature, incinerator type, and incineration capacity. Infrared thermal cameras were used to measure the surface temperatures of the waste incineration facilities.