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FEMA
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Catalog describing FEMA preparedness seminars from 2021 including preparedness and natural hazards topics.
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Pennsylvania State University Extension,
PennState Extension
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Article describing tree health, environmental considerations, and details on how to preserve trees.
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This Old House
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Article describing shade trees and how to plant, maintain, and replace them.
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City of Albuquerque,
CABQ
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Power Point PDF presentation on historical architecture in New Mexico
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Arbor Day Foundation
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Article describing the benefits trees provide through quotes and anecdotes.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Book presenting the best techniques for energy and resource efficient residential construction in the colder climates of North America.
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InterACHI
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Webpage explaining how to site and orient a house to take advantage of the solar path.
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Zero Energy Project
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Guidance from Zero Energy Project on construction techniques for warmer climates, such as home orientation, and insulation requirements.
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DOE
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Webpage from U.S. Department of Energy describing 'cool roofs' and their usage for passive home cooling.
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DOE
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DOE Energy Saver webpage summarizing the use of whole-house fans for cooling.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report providing guidance on designing buildings to be flood resistant.
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Clean Energy Exhibition,
Solar World
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Webpage providing details of an experimental earth tube installation at the Clean Energy Exhibition in Georgia.
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American Red Cross
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Webpage providing earthquake safety tips including proactive home structure and utility action items.
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NEHRP,
FEMA,
Cal OES,
SCEC,
ECA
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Description
Factsheet describing methods for securing HVAC units to avoid damage during an earthquake.
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Arbor Day Foundation
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Article describing quality of life and economic benefit from trees.
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DOE
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Webpage from U.S. Department of Energy describing using Earth-Sheltered home building techniques in hot climate zones.
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Emergency Management Division of the Washington Military Department
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A website with resources for emergency preparedness including videos, guides, and webinars.
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DOE
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A webpage by the DOE on tips for saving energy with an evaporative cooler.
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U.S. Geological Survey,
USGS
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Image of design wet bulb temperatures in the U.S. and where evaporative cooling is most appropriate.
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FEMA
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Description
Website describing and providing links to FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center, which home owners and builders can use to determine the flood risk of their location.
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FEMA
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Website describing and providing a map showing the tsunami risk index for the United States, which home owners and builders can use to determine the tsunami risk of their location.
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EPA
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This document includes tips for safely and effectively cleaning up a home after a flood. It is available in several languages.
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DWR
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Website providing information to the public about preparing for floods and floods related to fires.
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IBHS
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Checklist providing information about the specific requirements of FORTIFIED Roof™ design and construction standard for re-roofing specific for high wind resistance.
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IBHS
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Checklist providing information about the specific requirements of FORTIFIED Roof™ design and construction standard for re-roofing specific for hurricane resistance.
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HUD,
CDC,
EPA,
FEMA,
OSHA
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Guidance from HUD for volunteer team leaders, project managers and supervisors who work in recovery and rebuilding after natural disasters.
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NOAA,
NIHHIS
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Description
Federal webpage providing information regarding extreme heat and health for the United States.
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U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Website providing information on low-energy and standard cooling systems, with a focus on saving energy.
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Applied Energy,
National Science Foundation,
NSF
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Study using simulations to understand the impact that shading and natural ventilation would have had on the survivability of non-air-conditioned buildings during the 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest.
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USGS
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Website providing a probabilistic map of the expected number of damaging earthquakes around the U.S.
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ASCE,
SEI
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Standard using performance-based principles to determine dead, live, soil, flood, tsunami, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, earthquake, wind, and fire loads, and their combinations for general structural design. This version of the standard was published in the year 2016 and is available in both digital...
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ASCE,
SEI
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Description
Standard using performance-based principles to determine dead, live, soil, flood, tsunami, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, seismic, and wind loads, and their combinations for general structural design. The current version of this standard was published in the year 2022 and is available in both digital...
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FEMA
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Resources describing the National Flood Insurance Program's technical bulletins for flood zone construction, including foundation walls, corrosion protection, floodproofing, and breakaway walls among other topics.
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U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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DOE Energy Saver webpage providing a brief summary of natural ventilation for houses.
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Smarter Homes NZ
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Article from Smarter Homes NZ on home building techniques that incorporate passive cooling.
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Ohio State University Extension,
OSU
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Website providing guidance on passive heating, cooling, and lighting methods.
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Williams College
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Article from Williams College on the key elements of passive solar design for homes.
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City of Mercer Island
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Brochure describing what permeable pavement is, where to install it, and how to maintain it.
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FEMA
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Database describing FEMA preparedness webinars including natural hazard preparedness.
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ORNL
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Fact sheet describing analysis of potential heating and cooling savings from radiant barriers in attics.
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UFEI,
Cal Poly
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Website tool that can search for trees by name or characteristics and retrieve data describing tree attributes including site preferences and general characteristics and considerations.
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SIL International,
GTIS
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Web page describing the basics of how to size and build a battery bank for electricity storage.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA,
ENERGY STAR
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ENERGY STAR webpage describing the benefits of storm windows and a link to a product list.
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ENERGY STAR
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Webpage providing an ENERGY STAR climate zone map and criteria for ENERGY STAR storm windows per climate zone.
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USDHS
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Article describing suggested food supplies, sanitation, safety, and cooking for during and after an emergency.
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University of California Davis
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Article describing a DIY air cleaning system for filtering smoke and viruses.
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Cal Fire
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Webpage with data on the 20 largest wildfires in California that occurred between the year 1932 and present day.
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USDA
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Interactive map maintained by the USDA showing plant hardiness zones throughout the U.S.
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EPA
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Webpage describing the use of cool roofs to reduce heat islands and and benefits and costs.
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FEMA
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Technical bulletin describing wet floodproofing requirements for buildings located in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs).