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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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In this final chapter in our Santa Fe series, we lay out the exact systems of products that you can use to tune your home's chemistry and microbiology. Always important to TEST before you start throwing money and time at a home, and after you think you've solved something, to make sure you're done.
Learn more about Santa Fe and Ultra-Aire systems: http://santa-fe-products.com
One of the few truly DIY projects that will improve your home's performance- learn why we picked the fans we did, and how to install them. Model shown is the Fanimation Wrap Custom, but you may find similar features and installation tricks for other brands and models.
Check out the specs on this fan: https://fanimation.com/products/fans/damp-rated/wrap-custom-84/
See the full list of ENERGY STAR Most Efficient products: https://www.energystar.gov/products/most_efficient
See how our forever home's 7 ceiling fans play a pivotal part in our performance-tuned house's HVAC system. The Wrap Custom is among the most efficient fans in the world in 2020 (420 CFM generated per Watt), and they are a silent and beautiful reminder of the invisible dynamics at play around us all day, every day.
See more about these high-efficiency systems: http://Fanimation.com
See the first-ever TV show about the science of homes: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
From the upcoming Season Two of 'Home Diagnosis': through a 5-day recording of temperature, humidity, and dewpoint with a datalogger, see the actual performance curves of five built environments on our property. Watch the evolution of primitive to advanced built environments, from an open-air workshop to a lived-in high performance home- the effect of air sealing and insulation alone is pretty incredible when you see it like this.
Become a member and help support this show: http://patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
See more about Home Diagnosis TV series: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Another installment in a series with Healthy Indoors Magazine (http://HealthyIndoors.com) follows the real-life, gritty planning and installation of the make up air system in a 1950's ranch over a crawlspace. The goal here is to install effective ventilation for the kitchen range with an exhaust hood AND make up air that will hopefully be the path of least resistance. We're using a Broan exhaust hood paired with an Aprilaire KV make up air damper, or an 8144NC (in an experimental application, as explained in the video). This house is not airtight by any means, and some might think make up air is overkill in an older home, but obviously we disagree enough to suffer through this.
Learn more about making your home healthier at: http://HealthyIndoors.com
Become a member and support our work educating people about the Science of Homes: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
Get training or consulting with Corbett directly: http://BuildingPerformanceWorkshop.com
With before and after testing, you can see the impressive amount of details that go into this water performance system from our friends at Elite Water Systems (http://www.elitewateroftexas.com/). See the nitty gritty on testing the hardness and chlorine content of tap water, installing the Pentair Pro Elite Analyzer and programming process, the 5-filter Reverse Osmosis (RO) system, brine tanks and the salt options to consider, the Grohe Blu sparkling/chilled water station, and Phyn leak detection.
In partnership with Santa Fe Dehumidifiers, we're spreading the word on the intense dynamics going on in homes around the world. I keep it short and sweet in this 45-minute class on indoor chemistry, and you'll learn lots about chemicals, reactions, particles, and microbes, and the relationship to them of humidity and ventilation.
Come train with me in Atlanta, or online: https://buildingperformanceworkshop.com/training
Learn more from Santa Fe and Ultra-Aire: https://www.santa-fe-products.com/about-us/santa-fe-ultra-aire-webinar/
For the national home performance conference, we presented side-by-side with our longtime friend and collaborator Bill Spohn (https://spohnhome.com/) about our simultaneous building of family forever homes. Pretty different approaches, and yes, this is a long presentation- hope the super nerds out there will enjoy hearing the breakdown.
Find Bill through his company, TruTech Tools: https://TruTechTools.com
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
Modern homes are not just vulnerable to moisture damage, rot, and microbes- now we also have to worry about the health of the air, and contaminants including viruses. Homeowners are seeking homes with proven safety and breathability- but what does that mean, and how do you deliver it? In this fiery one-hour course, learn key methods for measuring, fixing, and communicating the health of the homes you work on every day.
To learn a LOT MORE, visit our main site: https://BuildingPerformanceWorkshop.com
See the systems developed by Santa Fe and Ultra-Aire: https://www.santa-fe-products.com/
Watch the first-ever television series about the Science of Homes: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Welcome to the workshops of our friends Richard Shrader (http://RShrader.com) and Dr. Landus Bennett (whom you've seen several times before on our channel), the brains and hands behind http://WatsonSprings.com. Relax and tag along on an impromptu hack video tour of some of the most amazing stuff I've seen in my career.
You probably completely overestimate what your carbon monoxide alarm is protecting your family from- in this quick 'bump test' demonstration, we prove that your family's immediate death might be prevented, but long term health effects from low level CO poisoning are also a huge issue that literally no one but you can prevent.
Check out the CO alarms we recommend: https://www.trutechtools.com/Defender_c_1955.html
Subscribe to Healthy Indoors Magazine: http://HealthyIndoors.com
See the first-ever TV series about the Science of Homes: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
