OVERVIEW
Think you’re designing a 100-year building? Not if a 100-year storm destroys it next year.
In this section, you will:
-
gather lessons learned from case studies of the very first resilient design projects
-
understand how your green building expertise already overlaps with resilience
-
find out how to assess the region-specific risks your project faces as a result of climate change
Once you complete your own resilience assessment, you can develop strategies to design for building “hardening,” food security, passive survivability, and program flexibility to accommodate community support functions.
IN-DEPTH
Filter results:
- Blog Post (2) Apply Blog Post filter
- Feature Article (12) Apply Feature Article filter
- Feature Short (7) Apply Feature Short filter
- News Analysis (7) Apply News Analysis filter
- News Brief (14) Apply News Brief filter
- Op-Ed (2) Apply Op-Ed filter
- Primer (1) Apply Primer filter
- Product Review (2) Apply Product Review filter
- Webcast (1) Apply Webcast filter
-
Natural Ventilation: The Nine Biggest Obstacles and How Project Teams Are Beating Them
August 3, 2014Feature Article
Designers are reinventing the art and science of passive comfort control even where climate and culture favor mechanical systems.
-
How a Hurricane Forged New Hope for Resilience
February 5, 2018Feature Short
Hurricane Maria is inspiring design that has the next natural disaster in mind
-
Net-Zero Water and More: Moving Beyond “Low Flow”
May 5, 2014Feature Article
These emerging water strategies are finding momentum and filling the need to address efficiency and resilience on multiple scales.
-
‘Build Higher’: HUD’s Rules After Harvey, Irma, Maria
April 4, 2018Feature Short
HUD’s new rules for disaster recovery funds reinstate floodplain building standards established by Obama and revoked by Trump.
-
Checking for Resilience in Multifamily Housing
April 4, 2018Feature Short
Washington, D.C. is developing a tool to assess affordable multifamily housing for resilience to climate change.
-
Improving Resilience in Affordable Housing
April 4, 2018Feature Short
A Q&A with Laurie Schoeman, director of resilience and disaster recovery, Enterprise Community Partners
-
Mitigating Disasters: Invest Now, Spend Less Later
March 20, 2018Feature Short
Mitigation saves money, buildings, and lives, according to a FEMA-funded National Institute of Building Sciences study.
-
Resilient Design: 7 Lessons from Early Adopters
November 1, 2013Feature Article
As storms reveal weaknesses in our built environment, some project teams have adopted more robust, durable principles.
-
Waste Water, Want Water
January 28, 2013Feature Article
Options for small-scale, onsite wastewater treatment and reuse are improving-but can we solve a global crisis one building at a time?
-
Japanese Towns Switch to Microgrids to Increase Resilience
April 4, 2018News Brief
Japanese towns are increasing resilience by shifting to independent microgrid power systems.
