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Good News Bad News With Climate Change
Climate change will cause a drop in heating degree-days but a rise in cooling degree-days
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Local Food and Resilience
Producing more of our food locally and selling direct to consumers are keys to achieving resilience
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Resilient Communities
The path to resilience is far easier with cohesive communities that plan wisely
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Resilient Design: Water in a Drought-Prone Era
A resilient home will do all right during a short-term water shortage
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Resilient Design: Emergency Renewable Energy Systems
Backup space heating and solar electricity that can function when the power grid is down provide a high level of resilience
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Resilient Design: Natural Cooling
Natural cooling strategies can keep homeowners safe if power is lost
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Resilient Design: Passive Solar Heat
Passive solar design is a key element of creating resilient homes
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Resilient Design: Dramatically Better Building Envelopes
A resilient home is a highly energy-efficient home that will maintain livable conditions even during power outages or interruptions in heating fuel
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Designing Houses and Communities To Be Smarter and More Resilient
Resilient design is about making smart choices, such as where we build and how we protect against damage from flooding
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Resilience: Designing Homes for More Intense Storms
A big part of resilient design is creating homes that will survive intense storms unscathed