building for resiliency
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Building to the Fortified Home Standard
A trip to the Gulf Coast underscores the harrowing complexities of hurricane damage and demonstrates best practices for protecting homes from severe weather events
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Latest Retrofit Standard for Passive House Performance
Phius REVIVE 2024 focuses on thermal resilience and reducing upfront emissions, and is supported by new life-cycle cost calculator
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Ecosystems as Infrastructure: A New Way of Looking at Climate Resilience
Landscape architect Kate Orff works on rebuilding natural systems to help communities and cities reduce their climate risks. Places with interwoven ecological systems, she says, are more resilient and better able both to respond to emergencies and adapt for the future.