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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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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
I'm so excited to start training in our new state of the art house! Here are the details on how I'm running live trainings- hope you'll join us. Get in touch if you have any questions, either by commenting below or contacting me directly via this website.
Day 1: Ventilation Design and Installation Techniques (4 hours)
Day 2: Advanced HVAC Diagnostics (4 hours)
Day 3: 1-Day Blower Door and Duct Testing Certification - DET Verifier (8 hours)
Day 4: Advanced Envelope Diagnostics (4 hours)
Save your seat for the upcoming trainings at: http://BuildingPerformanceWorkshop.com/training
Welcome to the training center of our dreams! In this multi-use space at our newly-constructed high performance home in Atlanta’s College Park neighborhood, we’re hosting professional and DIY crowds who want to get hands on with the science of homes: design, installation, and testing.
Come learn about diagnostics, ventilation, air tightness, HVAC, ductwork, blower door testing, infrared thermal photography, moisture investigation, and much more in this state-of-the-art contaminant controlled room. Our balanced Energy Recovery Ventilation system, HEPA filtration loop, and dedicated dehumidifier all work with stellar airtightness and insulation to create a clean, quiet classroom only 5 minutes from the busiest airport in the world.
Check out our upcoming courses: https://BuildingPerformanceWorkshop.com/training
Our first 8 newly certified DET Verifiers came through our brand new training center at our home in Atlanta! It was a thrill, honestly, since I haven’t given any in-person trainings in over a year (like most trainers). Everyone passed their certification exams, which doesn’t always happen- they have to earn 80% on both written and hands-on exams with the equipment, and do a bunch of geometry calculations that we all forgot since high school.
They all totally rocked the use of the blower door and duct tightness tester, and are ready to rock the houses in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and Alabama (no joke, that’s where all these folks work). Super happy also that we didn’t have a bunch of last minute registrations, which used to be the bane of my existence. Sold out weeks ahead of time- very grateful!
A few class stats:
Furthest Traveled: Nashville, TN (thanks DocAir for sending 3 of your crew!)
Funniest Pandemic Hobby: breeding fish
Funniest Place to Keep a Calculator: chest pocket of bib overalls
Number of 100% scores on exam: 2 (25%)
Never taught a DET Verifier training for one before- this should be interesting!
In a customized 1-on-1 COVID-adapted class, Corbett Lunsford trained, examined and certified Treondras Manning, HVAC technician and Georgia’s newest certified Duct and Envelope Testing (DET) Verifier. As a DET Verifier, Treondras is certified to perform blower door tests and duct tightness testing on new construction and renovations in the state of Georgia. He is also one of Corbett’s Mastermind students, and is helping homeowners in the Atlanta area tune the air quality, comfort, durability and energy efficiency of their homes with his building science and diagnostics expertise.
DET Verifier Trainees are taught the accepted blower door and duct leakage test protocols from the book ‘Home Performance Diagnostics: the Guide to Advanced Testing’ written by trainer Corbett Lunsford
Treondras Manning, right before he received his well-deserved certification as a Georgia certified DET Verifier
Watch DET Verifier Treondras Manning test Corbett’s heat pump cabinet for duct leakage in the high performance house his family is building.
Grace and Corbett Lunsford (https://HomeDiagnosis.tv), along with Matt Risinger (http://youtube.com/mattrisinger) and Bryan Orr (http://youtube.com/hvacschool) are developing a scholarship program for training and mentoring minority professionals in the building industry. Know someone who could use a leg up on the competition by incorporating more high performance building techniques and tools?
Corbett gets the nickel tour of the Utah Intermountain Weatherization Training Center from home performance experts Matt Turner and Matt Dalton.
More at: http://iwtcutah.org/
Even when you build a perfectly performing house, your client may feel like the house is exacerbating sickness. Know that a huge part of home performance contracting is knowing your way around psychology and adult education- express yourself with performance testing data AND with listening and emotional connection.
Corbett points to specificity and clarity of thought as a key ingredient in becoming a rockstar at whatever you aim to do. More at: http://HomePerformance.training
Effortless does not mean "don't try hard". It means work your ass off and make it look easy. Use techniques and tools to be all you can be, Masterminds.