By The trend of the wealthy to make provisions to protect only their immediate families will ultimately fail if the only beneficiaries are themselves and not the larger society.
Fundamentals of Resilient Design: Backup Power for Homes
Living in a solar-powered, net-zero-energy house doesn’t solve the problem of being without power when the grid goes down—which can happen for any number of reasons.
2016 Set Another Global Temperature Record
There has been growing concern within scientific circles that the U.S. Government, with the incoming Trump Administration, may stop collecting or releasing climate data.
Creating a More Resilient Homestead
More and more people, especially homesteaders who value independence and self-sufficiency, are working to make their homes and properties more resilient.
My Resilient Design course at BAC starts soon
The online course, Resilient Design, that I’ve been teaching once or twice a year for the past three years, starts on January 17th. It’s an eight-week, graduate-level course that addresses key topics of resilient design, including vulnerabilities to storms and other natural disasters, and strategies for enhancing the resilience of
Vulnerability of the U.S. Power Grid
With adversaries’ malware in the national grid, the nation has little or no chance of withstanding a major cyberattack on the North American electrical system.
RDI featured in latest issue of Green Building & Design
The July-August issue of the magazine Green Building & Design has a heavy focus on resilience. This link to the online edition will take you to the issue; the resilience feature starts on page 55, and I’m featured starting on page 62.
U.S. Green Building Council Establishing a Resilience Working Group
USGBC members have until June 30th to apply for membership on the Resilience Working Group
A Bold Idea for Addressing Sea Level Rise
On Church Street, starting in July 1868, using more than 150,000 cubic yards of fill, the City of Boston elevated 296 brick buildings by as much as 14 feet; the work was virtually completed by October 1869—ahead of schedule and under budget.
Putting “Thermal Resilience” in the LEED Pilot Credits to the Test
With this test, we want to get something out there so that experts could weigh in in this key aspect of resilience.
2015 the Warmest Year on Record by a Large Margin
Not only was 2015 the warmest year on record, but the margin of that record over the previous warmest (2014) was the largest ever.
GreenBiz on Resilience and the Future of Building Design
GreenBiz, which for years has reported on the intersection between business and the environment, posted an article today making the case that resilience will be an important driver of building design in the years ahead. The article, How Resilience Will Shape the Future of Building Design, by Molly Miller, uses
Making Multifamily Affordable Housing More Resilient
We all know that it’s more challenging to make existing buildings energy efficient or resilient than it is to achieve those goals with new construction. Because of the preponderance of existing buildings, though, this is where the heavy lifting needs to happen. A large majority of our existing buildings in
The Brock Environmental Center: A Pinnacle of Sustainability—and Resilience
When Hurricane Joaquin affected the East Coast the first week of October, the two wind turbines generated nearly a month’s worth of electricity in just five days.
LEED Pilot Credits on Resilient Design Adopted!
With the approval of these credits, there is now a mechanism in place for specifying in a building project that a broad array of resilience features will be addressed.
