Building-System Strategies for Resilient Cooling
The existing building stock in the United States was not designed to cope with current extreme temperatures. Much needs to be done to fix aging housing, from upgrading poor insulation […]
Facing the Heat: A 5-Part Webinar Series on Extreme Heat & Built Environment
NIBS + FAS Extreme Heat Webinar Series
Of the growing natural hazard risks , extreme heat is one of the most pervasive and underestimated threats to human health, infrastructure, and community livability. This five-part webinar series hosted by the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) explores the intersection of risk mitigation, building performance, energy reliability, and policy innovation to address the growing risks of heat in our communities.
Through expert-led discussions, participants will gain a systems-level understanding of solutions across the built environment, from urban design to energy efficiency , and learn how policy can expand access to the technologies necessary to drive adaptation, energy affordability, and grid resilience.
Whether you are shaping buildings, neighborhoods, or environmental strategies, this series offers the technical insights and collaborative frameworks needed to cool where we live, work, and play.
The existing building stock in the United States was not designed to cope with current extreme temperatures. Much needs to be done to fix aging housing, from upgrading poor insulation […]
Community infrastructure, such as thermal energy networks, district geothermal, urban forests, shade structures, and smart surfaces, can have a collectively lower upfront cost and lower community-wide energy consumption and the […]
The U.S. electric grid is straining to keep up with rising demand for electricity, creating potential risks to communities’ cooling systems in the face of intensifying extreme heat. This challenge […]