ResilientDesignInst

The Resilient Design Institute (RDI) advances practical solutions to adapt and thrive amid accelerating social, ecological, and climatological changes.

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I've been re-examining the building material AAC and consider it to be a great option for resilient building. https://t.co/HQ2tItgj56

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I'm excited to report that the LEED pilot credits on Resilient Design are available again! The revised credits were rolled out at the Greenbuild Conference here in Chicago this week. So building projects going through LEED certification can now address... https://t.co/qtBt2v5tnQ

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On the heels of Hurricane Harvey, Irma has affected virtually all of Florida, knocking out power to 5.8 million... https://t.co/QP0oc6tYEL

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Inspired by an eye-opening article in the January 30, 2017 issue of The New Yorker, "Survival of the Richest,"... https://t.co/ubYge2q9UH

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The current (December-January) issue of Mother Earth News includes an article I wrote on creating a more... https://t.co/0d9khQeSr6

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I've posted a new blog on the vulnerability of our electrical grid. Much of the blog focuses on the 2015 book by... https://t.co/gmPxhVE23p

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Those who know Boston may be aware that a sizable portion of the land area was created by filling tidal flats... https://t.co/SgeVLgR5n9

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The final numbers are in from NOAA and, indeed, 2015 was the warmest on record globally. The data is pretty... https://t.co/dRsUOrXFap

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Following the Greenbuild conference last week, I visited the Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach. Not... https://t.co/WxQZCH2xLM

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The LEED Rating System now includes three pilot credits on Resilient Design. RDI has led the development of these... https://t.co/c1VJ4Hi87V

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I was curious about news stories I had read suggesting that 2015 would almost certainly be the hottest on record.... https://t.co/sYE1XMcsyG

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I'm teaching the online BAC course, Resilient Design, again this fall. It starts next October 26th, but there's... http://t.co/2fiu4e75us

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The hot humid weather we're experiencing in Vermont got me thinking about whether in designing a home it makes... http://t.co/P9TW4irnEl

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I just posted a new blog on the RDI website. What does a duck have to do with utility load profiles and the... http://t.co/IEiRgM2mhK

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I participated last week in the Resilient Cities Summit in Aspen, Colorado. It was an awesome opportunity not... http://t.co/VCqc3PIfSx

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In reading the New York Times article this morning on California's drought, I had an epiphany that the state's... http://t.co/FJ02PokIk5

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I've long believe that America should have a national service program, in which nearly everybody spends a year or... http://t.co/zEEw0dlU7M

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A leading NASA scientist last week predicted that California would run out of water in a year—based on satellite... http://t.co/a7ILax8mna

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As climate change advances and it becomes clear that reductions in fossil fuel consumption won't be enough to... http://t.co/Uz2Ji2RKXJ

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I was part of a roundtable discussion about "resilient design" that was just featured in Metal Architecture... http://t.co/Zesza9mSET