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3398 Washington Road
Atlanta, GA 30344
USA
773.398.5288
corbett@buildingperformanceworkshop.com
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.
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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Our friend, longtime mold inspector Jason Earle has developed an affordable DIY kit for renters, teachers, and anyone else who'd like a quick and easy way to spot check for airborne mold. Here's his background with mold exposure from childhood, and what led him to R&D for this valuable monitoring solution. Check out the kits or order one: https://GotMold.com
Using a Renewaire SL70 energy recovery ventilator and a TEC DG-8 pressure gauge, Corbett demonstrates how to set the low and high speeds on an airtight home's balanced ventilation system.
See this ERV line at: https://www.renewaire.com/our-ervs/single-multi-family/sl-series
Get the DG-8 to test your own stuff: https://www.trutechtools.com/tec-minneapolis-dg-8-digital-pressure-gauge-kit.html
Ventilation design course: https://buildingperformanceworkshop.com/ventilation
From ‘Home Diagnosis’ Season 2 ep13: See what comprehensive home performance testing looks like, as we prove the forever home we built does what we designed it to do. Test instruments used, all available thru https://TruTechTools.com:
Retrotec 5000 blower door and DM-32 pressure gauge
Retrotec Flow Box
Hikmicro M30 infrared thermal camera
TEC DG-8 pressure gauge
TEC TruFlow Grid
HOBO MX1101 temp/humidity datalogger
Testo 400 large vane anemometer
Watch the whole episode: https://homediagnosis.tv/episode-213-proof-testing-the-house
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu2m0GP6v38
Peek behind the curtain at Retrotec, into the calibration process for new and old blower doors and duct testing fans. Thanks to Alex Peelle and Jay Edmonds for the technical tour.
More about these systems at: https://retrotec.com
Get trained and certified on blower doors and duct testing in 1 day with me: https://buildingperformanceworkshop.com/det-verifier
Become a member, support our work, and get behind the scenes access: https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
Watch the first-ever TV series about the science of homes: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
If the ductwork of an HVAC system is not designed, installed, and maintained properly, your home may start to have problems in comfort, humidity control, dust, noise, and equipment failure. Here's the basics you should understand before asking your HVAC installer or service tech to run static pressure testing. From 'Home Diagnosis' episode 209- watch the whole episode: https://homediagnosis.tv/episode-209-opening-the-ice-box-cooling-and-drying
Join our Patreon membership and get behind the scenes with us making the next season of the show! https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
Tools used are Retrotec DM-32 gauge and Minneapolis 300 blower door, available at: https://TruTechTools.com
HVAC technicians will someday be the masters of the science of homes, but right now it's not looking too hot. Hear from Jim Bergmann, one of the world's HVAC legends, why most HVAC installs are wrong from the minute the load calculations are started using Manual J, Manual S, and Manual D without using a blower door first.
Watch the show at https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Support our work changing the building industry: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
Start testing your HVAC installs with: https://measurequick.com/
Get your blower door at: https://www.trutechtools.com/system-blower-doors-and-duct-testers.html
In our practice of diagnostics, inspections, computer modeling, load calculations, and verifying that healthy home targets have been achieved, we use a very simple approach, and here it is. From season 2 of Home Diagnosis: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Corbett is testing his family's new high performance home for chemicals- in the dust of the floor, in potential allergens in the (very nice) used rugs they're getting, and even in the exhaust of their energy recovery ventilator (ERV). Thanks to Prism Analytical (http://pati-air.com) for being ready to give us the full rundown of what the results mean next month- don't forget that ANYONE can do these tests in any scenario- it's not rocket science. Subscribe to Healthy Indoors Magazine and join the online community: https://HealthyIndoors.com This ERV is the SER150 from: http://Fantech.net Join our Patreon members for behind-the-scenes access and to support our work: https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV See the first-ever TV series about the Science of Homes: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Today we talk with Dr. Jeffrey Siegel about research on residential HVAC, filters, UV lights, electronic air cleaners, mini-splits, humidifiers, and ventilation abroad. For anyone who's interested in HVAC even a little bit. You'll thank yourself if you stay tuned to the end! For more podcasts: http://BuildingPerformancePodcast.com
For those of you who prefer audio only:
Our longtime friend and Patreon supporter Scott Marner (who manages QA for Illinois' Ameren home performance program) joined me to do some off-label, outside-the-box diagnostics on custom decorative HVAC grilles from Stellar Air Vents (https://stellarairdecorativeventcovers.com/). Just one more example of some non-engineers getting very sophisticated results from a cardboard box, some tape, and several thousand dollars of Retrotec and Testo HVAC testing equipment (https://www.trutechtools.com/). Scott was our FIRST EVER Patreon supporter- join him and become part of our work on this channel and the 'Home Diagnosis' TV series: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
Using a Testo hotwire anemometer and hygrometer, Retrotec FlowBox, and CPS EasyHood, we commission this Fantech SER150 energy recovery ventilator and tune it to our high performance home's (and our family's) needs.
I get all my test tools from the awesome people at: https://TruTechTools.com
Learn more about this ventilation system: http://Fantech.net
Done with our first 4-day training at our Atlanta home- save a spot in the next one! This time we had people travel all the way from New York and Texas- remember, we’re 5 minutes from the busiest airport in the world, and this is a state-of-the-art training center. You’ll be happy you made the time for the trip!
https://BuildingPerformanceWorkshop.com/training