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 our buildings and communities. The course is entirely “asynchronous,” meaning that students can participate in the discussion forums on their own time. The readings are drawn from various sources, but mostly from the Resilient Design...
Read MoreVulnerability 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.
Read MoreRDI 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 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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