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3398 Washington Road
Atlanta, GA 30344
USA

773.398.5288

Advanced residential construction and home improvement consulting and owner's advocacy in Atlanta, using the latest building performance diagnostic and modeling techniques and tools. Airtightness, insulation, HVAC, ventilation, moisture, and air quality and EMF consulting for homeowners and building professionals alike.

Videos/Podcasts/Articles

Home performance articles and stories from the field with internationally respected building forensics guru Corbett Lunsford at the Building Performance Workshop. Hear new episodes of the Building Performance Podcast, see new videos from the Home Performance YouTube channel, and learn all about how diagnostic testing (more than an 'Energy Audit') can make home improvement and new home construction a proven process!

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Legal Battle over a Mold House: Anil's Lawsuit against Production Home Builder & Lessons Learned

Corbett Lunsford

Hear advice and lessons learned from somebody who is willing to throw down with the (second) biggest homebuilder in the USA (as of 2022's numbers, they're slipping haha). Ryland Homes was sold and became Cal-Atlantic Homes, which in 2018 was sold to Lennar. Anil Mittal is a force to be reckoned with- here's how to be like him when you grow up.

See the tour of their mold-infested home, and get the analysis on the house itself here: https://youtu.be/x_jAxHZ-zLE

Get a DIY mold test kit if you think you need one: https://GotMold.com

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categories Around the World, Real Estate, Homeowner education, Videos
tags mold, lawsuit, legal, law, sue, court, take, builder, ryland, lennar, homes, calatlantic, texas, suing, homeowner, production, community, subdivision, problems, moisture, leaky, wet, damage, house

Building Science of the Stone Age in the Amazon Rain Forest

Corbett Lunsford

From Serbian building scientist Atila Novoselac (Prof. Civil, Arch, and Env Engineering at University of Texas-Austin) comes reflections on a Sloan study of microbiology in homes from the Stone Age, which are still constructed today in the Amazon rain forest. Hear what makes modern homes different from someone who's been to the other side, and why modernization itself can be a major building performance problem.

Watch this entire series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsc2-5fAgMq4I_Bjpvmb1Z39Y0uEMGEC9

Join the Building Performance Association: http://building-performance.org

Check out the Building Performance Journal: http://homeenergy.org

Learn more about HOMEChem: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/homechem

Watch the first-ever TV series about the science of homes: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv

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categories From the Field, Around the World, Videos
tags homechem, amazon, rain, forest, tribes, house, huts, homes, construction, built, building, stone age, ancient, leaky, thatch, atila, novoselac, sloan, foundation, cie, microbiology, microbiome

Houses That 'Breathe'

Corbett Lunsford

'Home Diagnosis' TV hosts Grace and Corbett Lunsford quickly explain why it's a mistake to avoid air sealing homes. Homes DO need to 'breathe', but not through gaps and cracks we leave in the enclosure. More at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv

Become a member and help make this show: https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV

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categories Architecture, Homeowner education, Real Estate, Videos
tags breath, home, house, leaky, drafty, air sealed, sic, sick, building, syndrome, iaq, problem, myth, air leakage, blower door, infiltration, ventilation