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3398 Washington Road
Atlanta, GA 30344
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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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5 Factors for Ventilation: How to Plan a Healthy Home

Corbett Lunsford

The 5 Factors for Ventilation are:

  1. Circulation

  2. Capture/Filtration

  3. Humidity Control

  4. Dilution Air

  5. Pressure Relief

This way of approaching ventilation design is condensed from hundreds of hours consulting on home projects across North America- let me know if this way of thinking about ventilation is missing anything, we're pretty sure it's a comprehensive guide! Check out the ventilation course: https://buildingperformanceworkshop.com/ventilation

The ventilation brands I refer most include:

https://Broan.com
https://AirCycler.com
https://Renewaire.com

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categories HVAC, Videos
tags how to, concept, fundamentals, basics, overview, ventilate, ventilation, hrv, erv, dilution, mechanical, code, balanced

Proving the Ventilation System of the #TinyLab

Corbett Lunsford

Thanks to Broan, Dwyer, Defender, Mason-Grant Consulting, and Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab, the #TinyLab is the highest performance tiny house on wheels ever built. The air quality and moisture control is finely tuned, and in this video watch the testing of each subsystem of the mechanical ventilation system as a whole.

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categories From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Testing Tools, Tiny Houses, Videos
tags mechanical, ventilation, system, broan, nutone, hrv, erv, enthalpy, recovery ventilator, heat recovery, fresh air, stale air, tiny house, exhaust, ape130, erv70, hrv70, makeup air damper, stove, propane, air quality, #tinylab, #tinyhouse