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.
Read MoreLEED 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.
Read MoreHot day in Vermont
How could climate scientists be so confident, I wondered, in predicting that 2015 would be the warmest year on record, since we were only three-quarters through the year?
Read MoreIt’s Not Easy Eating Only Local Food
A more resilient food system has more distributed food production, with greater availability of locally grown and locally processed foods.
Read MoreA novel product to protect water heaters and other equipment from flood damage
Little Falls, New Jersey resident Sean Mathews has developed a low-cost solution for protecting equipment from flood damage, and he wants to see more homeowners have access to it.
Read MoreIn an Age of Climate Change, Passive Cooling Won’t be Enough
We should continue to strive for buildings that don’t require mechanical cooling—which usually means starting with an exceptionally well-insulated building envelope—but we need to be realistic also by providing for mechanical cooling.
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