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.
Read MoreU.S. Green Building Council Establishing a Resilience Working Group
USGBC members have until June 30th to apply for membership on the Resilience Working Group
Read MoreGuest Blog: India Needs Community-Scale Approaches to Building Resilience and Reliability
During a visit to India in early 2016, I noticed that the way people dealt with interruptions had changed but that they were not any closer to having a continuous 24/7 supply of water and electricity.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MorePutting “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.
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