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the Building Performance Podcast

The Building Performance Podcast is an interview series drawing on the experience and ideas of a wide array of professionals in the high performance building industry. The intersection of advances in ... Read more

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HVAC: an Interview with Bronson Shavitz, HVAC diagnostician, designer and contractor

HVAC: an Interview with Bronson Shavitz, HVAC diagnostician, designer and contractor

Today we talk about new and existing HVAC with Bronson Shavitz of Shavitz Heating and Cooling. Equipment sizing, efficie... Read more

11 Oct 2009

14mins

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Green Financing: an Interview with Joel Freehling, finance expert and green mortgage innovator

Green Financing: an Interview with Joel Freehling, finance expert and green mortgage innovator

Today we interview Joel Freehling, a sustainable home finance expert and manager of Triple Bottom Line Innovations at Sh... Read more

17 Sep 2009

30mins

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#80 FUTURE BUILDING: Thomas Marston on Building Performance Policy

#80 FUTURE BUILDING: Thomas Marston on Building Performance Policy

Today Corbett talks with Thomas Marston of Energy Services Group about how the building industry has evolved and will ev... Read more

8 May 2017

27mins

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#59 SPRAY FOAM SPECIALTY: Robert Lepage on Where, How, and Why

#59 SPRAY FOAM SPECIALTY: Robert Lepage on Where, How, and Why

Today we talk with Robert Lepage of Ex-El Shell Systems, Maintenance & Consulting LLC on the chemistry, the hype, th... Read more

11 Sep 2014

27mins

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#46 PASSIVE HOUSE IS SEXY: Dan Whitmore and Adam Cohen, Builders Who Want You To Do It

#46 PASSIVE HOUSE IS SEXY: Dan Whitmore and Adam Cohen, Builders Who Want You To Do It

Today we talk with Dan Whitmore of Hammer and Hand and Adam Cohen of Structures Design Build about why and how to build ... Read more

23 Oct 2013

43mins

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#60 THE BOTTOM LINE: Russell King on HVAC Design & Energy Codes in Real Life

#60 THE BOTTOM LINE: Russell King on HVAC Design & Energy Codes in Real Life

Today Corbett talks with Russell King of Sierra Building Science about the labratory of California, where they've been t... Read more

28 Oct 2014

21mins

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BREATHING FREELY: interview with Paul Raymer, author of the Residential Ventilation Handbook and Master Moustache-Wearer

BREATHING FREELY: interview with Paul Raymer, author of the Residential Ventilation Handbook and Master Moustache-Wearer

Today we talk with Paul Raymer, chief investigator for Heyoka Solutions and Ventilation Guru, about his book, his facial... Read more

22 Jun 2013

34mins

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#55 AIR LEAKAGE LOVE AFFAIR: Colin Genge on All Things Blower Door and Duct Testing

#55 AIR LEAKAGE LOVE AFFAIR: Colin Genge on All Things Blower Door and Duct Testing

Today we talk with Colin Genge, founder and CEO of Retrotec, about the history of air leakage testing, how the tests rea... Read more

26 May 2014

21mins

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#79 INFRARED PHOTOS OF YOUR FACE: Dr. Gregory Melvin on Medical Uses of Infrared Thermography

#79 INFRARED PHOTOS OF YOUR FACE: Dr. Gregory Melvin on Medical Uses of Infrared Thermography

Today Corbett talks with Dr. Gregory Melvin of Total Thermal Imaging about how to use an infrared camera to 'do no harm'... Read more

30 Nov 2016

24mins

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Home Inspection: an Interview with Jeff Beck, inspector, software designer, estimator, and marketer.

Home Inspection: an Interview with Jeff Beck, inspector, software designer, estimator, and marketer.

Today we talk with Jeff Beck of Foresight Home Inspection LLC about crazy home remedies, the state of building inspectio... Read more

21 Oct 2009

36mins

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#58 HOW TO WALK ON WATER: the U.S. EPA's New Free Guide for Moisture Control

#58 HOW TO WALK ON WATER: the U.S. EPA's New Free Guide for Moisture Control

Today we talk with Lew Harriman of Mason-Grant Consulting and Terry Brennan of Camroden Associates about water drainage,... Read more

7 Jul 2014

26mins

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#57 PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS: Entertain What's Wrong in Green Building with the Green Curmudgeon

#57 PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS: Entertain What's Wrong in Green Building with the Green Curmudgeon

Today Corbett talks with Carl Seville, aka The Green Curmudgeon, about the unsolved problems of green product lobbies, u... Read more

20 Jun 2014

24mins

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Hardcore Performance: interview with Brett Dillon, technical and training superstar.

Hardcore Performance: interview with Brett Dillon, technical and training superstar.

Today we talk with Brett Dillon, managing director of IBS Advisors, author of several widespread technical standards and... Read more

29 Mar 2010

35mins

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#53 A/C CAN BE SEXY: Kristof Irwin on the Magic of Variable Refrigerant Capacity

#53 A/C CAN BE SEXY: Kristof Irwin on the Magic of Variable Refrigerant Capacity

Today we talk with Kristof "Handsome" Irwin, founder of Positive Energy in Austin Texas, about why your air conditioner ... Read more

23 Apr 2014

17mins

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#49 THIS HOUSE SUCKS, BUT NOT VERY HARD: Brett Singer, scientist, shows us where depressurization testing has led us astray

#49 THIS HOUSE SUCKS, BUT NOT VERY HARD: Brett Singer, scientist, shows us where depressurization testing has led us astray

Today we talk with Brett Singer, air quality scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, about the red herring o... Read more

18 Dec 2013

39mins

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#52 NOT YOUR GRAMMA'S BUILDING SCIENTIST: Iain Walker on air tightness, testing, and the origin of stinkiness

#52 NOT YOUR GRAMMA'S BUILDING SCIENTIST: Iain Walker on air tightness, testing, and the origin of stinkiness

Today we talk with Dr. Iain Walker of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory about the frontier of air tightness, fresh a... Read more

2 Apr 2014

41mins

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#54 HOW BUILDERS THINK: Chase Ming on the Secret Sauce for Buildings and Clients

#54 HOW BUILDERS THINK: Chase Ming on the Secret Sauce for Buildings and Clients

Today we talk with Chase Ming of All Development in Alabama about how to use overcommunication to make more money doing ... Read more

7 May 2014

27mins

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#43 DEANS OF HOME PERFORMANCE: Roundtable of top-flight U.S. home performance trainers on what rocks and what sucks

#43 DEANS OF HOME PERFORMANCE: Roundtable of top-flight U.S. home performance trainers on what rocks and what sucks

Today we talk with our first panel of experts, all top trainers in the U.S. home performance industry.  Scott Suddreth o... Read more

5 Sep 2013

21mins

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LIPSTICK ON A PIG: the Legendary Neil Moyer takes issue with the state of the industry

LIPSTICK ON A PIG: the Legendary Neil Moyer takes issue with the state of the industry

Today we talk with Neil Moyer, researcher and trainer for the Florida Solar Energy Center, about what the Performance Pa... Read more

16 Jul 2013

16mins

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PERFORMANCE EMPIRE: interview with C.R. Herro, Meritage Homes's Secret Weapon for High Performance Domination

PERFORMANCE EMPIRE: interview with C.R. Herro, Meritage Homes's Secret Weapon for High Performance Domination

Today Corbett bounces off the walls with C.R. Herro of Meritage Homes as they discuss homebuyers, how to woo them, and w... Read more

24 May 2013

18mins

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