#62 PERFECTION IS PURCHASABLE: Gavin Healy Can and Does Deliver Performance (and so can you)
Today Corbett talks with Gavin Healy of Balance Point Home Performance about walking the walk- modifying off-the-shelf HVAC and retrofit products to deliver proof that his clients got what they paid f...
11 Feb 201517min
#61 BREAK FREE OF REBATES: Nate Adams on Private Market Home Performance Contracting
Today we talk with Nate Adams of Energy Smart Home Performance about the techniques necessary to skirt the red tape of rebates and incentives, and earn more with stellar customer service and huge perf...
6 Jan 201514min
#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 trying to whip and incentivize efficiency like nobody's business. Are Manual J, M...
28 Okt 201421min
#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, the conspiracy theories, the right way, and the wrong ways to use spray foam insulatio...
11 Sep 201427min
#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, condensation, building tightness, and the free new EPA publication "Moisture Co...
7 Juli 201426min
#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, utility energy efficiency programs, value engineering, and people's screwed up no...
20 Juni 201424min
#56 UNDERWATER BUILDINGS: Italian Building Scientists on Venezia's Age-Old Challenges
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'...
12 Juni 201428min
#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 really work (and what they doesn't actually test), and using home performance diagn...
26 Maj 201421min
