OVERVIEW
Think you’re designing a 100-year building? Not if a 100-year storm destroys it next year.
In this section, you will:
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gather lessons learned from case studies of the very first resilient design projects
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understand how your green building expertise already overlaps with resilience
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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.
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Building Industry Helps Disaster Victims Recover
News Analysis
How an architectural firm, timber company, and carpenters’ union are helping communities rebuild after Maria, Harvey, and the California wildfires.
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USGBC Announces RELi As Its Resilient Design Rating System
News Brief
RELi is USGBC’s new standard for projects designed to endure and recover from extreme weather.
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Pete’s Product Puzzle: VersaDry
Blog Post
Simple folded metal solves a common moisture problem
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Two for One: Growing Food and Solar Energy Together
News Analysis
As more projects are plugging into off-site solar, dual-use installations are gaining favor to minimize adverse impact.
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DC Power Supply Integrates AC and Renewables
Product Review
Nextek PhD provides AC-to-DC power at the building scale, integrates renewable energy, and can even save on first costs.
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SIREWALL: The Next Generation of Earthen Walls
Product Review
Made from local earth, rebar, and polyiso, SIREWALL rammed earth walls are beautiful, durable, and are stronger than concrete with less portland cement.
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Brock Environmental Center Vindicates Onsite Wind Generation
News Brief
The Brock project team achieved Living Building Challenge certification and survived to tell this story.
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How Nature Creates Green Jobs—If We Listen
Blog Post
Biomimicry experts explore resilient design from environmental, social, and economic perspectives.
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Standard Effective Temperature: A Metric for Thermal Comfort and Resilience
Primer
Do you know how hot or cold your building would be if the power went out? You could be using thermal modeling to find out.
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Dream Materials: What Do You Really Want to Build With?
Webcast
Innovations in product manufacturing are creating new options for designers at an ever-increasing pace. But are the new products and materials what we really want? Can we trust their claims?
