Whole-Building Design Strategies -

Disaster Resistance

Guide describing how to air-seal doors that are next to unconditioned spaces.

Guide describing how to provide a strong continuous load path from the roof through the wall to the foundation to ensure a structurally sound building and increase racking resistance in hurricanes, high winds, tornados, and earthquakes.

Guide describing how to install low-e interior storm windows.

Guide describing how to install low-e exterior storm windows.

A guide describing how to elevate and secure HVAC equipment for protection against floods, earthquakes, and high winds.

Guide describing how to correctly slope solid surfaces outside a home so rainwater flows away from the home.

Guide describing how to construct the walls of a home with bracing to resist wind and earthquake loads.