Resilient Design- Page 2 of 3
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Is It Time to Move Our Cities?
The devastation in Mexico City reveals there’s wisdom in ‘moving house’ to avoid repeating catastrophes
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The United Nations Addresses Resilient Design
Global climate change worries nudge U.N. agencies to focus on ways to make our buildings and communities more resilient
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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: 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: 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
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Making the Case for Resilient Design
Because of climate change and the risk of terrorism, our homes and communities should be designed to be resilient to extended loss of power, interruptions in heating and transportation fuel, and shortages of water
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Building Resilience for a ‘Close Encounter’ with Disaster
Can you make your life more resilient in case of disaster? Yes, and it may be greener, too.
