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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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Building Science in Alaska: Home Energy Minute

Corbett Lunsford

Home Diagnosis co-host Corbett Lunsford interviews Griffin Hagle, building science expert, housing authority leader, and journalist, about controlling home performance in northernmost coastal Alaska.

Follow Griffin on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalbeastmode

Read 35 year's worth of home performance articles at: http://HomeEnergy.org

Join the Building Performance Association at: http://Building-Performance.org

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categories Around the World, Podcast Episodes, Videos
tags alaska, home performance, building science, cold climate, erv, hrv, ventilation, snow, blizzard, -40, degrees, winter, weather, research, affordable housing, building performance, summer, construction, energy efficiency, home energy, magazine

How to Install WRB Sheathing (ForceField)

Corbett Lunsford

Grace and Corbett show the latest development on their home build- the wall sheathing, which is also the air tightness layer and weather barrier. It's called ForceField, and here you'll see a demo of why it's such an important component in the system, and how to install it for a higher performance home.

More on ForceField at: http://ForceField.BuildGP.com

More on this build at: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead

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categories From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Videos
tags gp, georgia-pacific, forcefield, sheathing, zip, vs., osb, wrb, weather, barrier, vapor, perm, open, airtight, passive house, construction, high performance, energy efficient, fasten, how to, install, installation

Air Sealing Tape: Proof of 100 Year Durability

Corbett Lunsford

Building performance expert Corbett Lunsford respects proof of performance, and ProClima's airsealing tape has now been proven to him. See Tescon Profil tape that was applied to the subfloor of the #TinyLab as it holds up to 5 months of pure abuse during the construction process.

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categories Architecture, From the Field, Homeowner education, Performance Pros, Real Estate, Tiny Houses, Videos
tags airtight, construction, green building, air seal, tape, caulk, foam, comparison, technique, weather, barrier, water, tescon, vana, profil, proclima, 475 building supply, passivhaus, passive house