Extreme weather / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...extreme weather events have become due to our changing climate. Weather patterns have changed, and heavy rains now often move far more slowly. As storms linger over one area longer, they dump far more water in one place than they used to. This can overwhelm drainage infrastructure and waterways, causing flood risks and...

...extreme weather events around the globe have doubled. The frequency and severity of extreme events like storms, floods, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires are almost exactly double what they were just a few decades ago.  When building a new home, what is resilient? What you can't see in the home, the quality...