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Website providing guidance for people to find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience.

Guidance document from the UN environment programme on climate-resilient buildings and communities practices, including guidance on heat waves, drought, hurricanes, and flooding.

Report describing retrofitting options and methodology for architects, developers, and property owners to use when making decisions about retrofits for common building types in NY.

Report providing builders in marine climates with guidance for building homes that have whole-house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark with no added overall costs for consumers.

A website providing timely and accurate forecasts and watches for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes over the contiguous United States.

Report providing strategies to support occupant behavior changes for enhancing resilience, and to reduce a building's vulnerability to extreme weather, climate change, and loss of power.

This document covers how broken windows can allow wind and rain inside the house and even lead to roof failure.

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.

Factsheet for builders from HUD on how to rebuild homes following natural disasters in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Factsheet from HUD describing how homeowners can retrofit homes following natural disasters in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Manual showing how to properly use grass swales to manage excess water runoff.

Projectile missile testing of various wall panel configuration to understand how the different wall constructions would perform when struck with wind driven debris from a hurricane.

Report providing recommended designs and guidance for rebuilding homes destroyed by hurricanes in the Gulf Coast.

Website providing consumers with general guidance on preparing for and surviving a winter storm.

Website containing USGS-related publications related to natural hazards.

A builder's guide describing hurricane-resistant reinforcements for gable ends.

Website describing proper methods for installing vinyl siding on homes.

Website helping communities address coastal issues with data, tools, and training resources.

Report illustrating CAD drawings and modeling of bracing layouts for a gable roof truss.

NOAA webpage providing images and short descriptions of different types of hurricane shutters.

Article describing dozens of ideas on how to retrofit a home so it is more earthquake ready.

Residential building code for the State of Florida.

A guide describing how to do wall bracing calculations and evaluations.

Database of approved products that meet the requirements of the High Velocity Hurricane Zone.

Animated video demonstrating the continuous load path of a hurricane on a house.

Technical report providing site selection guidance for installation of small wind turbines.

Presentation by the Washington University in St. Louis Office of Sustainability on saving energy.

Report describing extensive renovations to a historic home.

Website providing information on tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms and more.