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3398 Washington Road
Atlanta, GA 30344
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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.

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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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PODCAST #56 UNDERWATER BUILDINGS: Italian Building Scientists on Venezia's Age-Old Challenges

Corbett Lunsford

Today we talk with Piercarlo Romagnoni and Francesca Cappelletti of the Architectural Institute of Venice (IUAV) about seawater vs. brick, mold vs. air quality, and beauty vs. function in a city that's been dealing with it elegantly for 500 years. Hosted by Corbett Lunsford and sponsored by the bible for home performance testing.

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categories Architecture, Around the World, Podcast Episodes
tags piercarlo romagnoni, francesca cappelletti, venice buildings, venice energy, energy efficiency, building efficiency, building performance, home performance, historic building, energy retrofit, iuav, architectural institute of venice, mold, air quality, italian building, home energy, energy consultant, venezia, hvac

VENICE ITALY: Amazing to Visit, Insane to Maintain

Corbett Lunsford

Corbett walks you around Venice, Italy on a recent trip, and teaches the implications of building science on this beautiful city that's being torn apart by seawater. Incredible case study of a lovable place where you wouldn't want to own a home:

Capillary action is the phenomenon of water soaking upwards, like in the roots of a tree. The same happens with buildings that are founded in the sea- the moisture damage to brick, wood, and plaster can be easily seen here:

And once the moisture damage has torn these homes apart, they have surgery to keep them held together for the next hundred years:

​HIGHLY RECOMMENDED as a vacation spot, and the buildings are beautiful to see- but be careful what you invest in while you're there!

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categories From the Field, Around the World
tags building science, venice buildings, venice damage, saltwater damage, water damage, construction fail, building fail, venice fail, european construction