Atmospheric river storms can drive costly floodingFebruary 4, 2020PNBRC0 Likes Building Resilience, News, ResearchAtmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger CONTINUE READING
Climate Change – What does it mean for us, the people who build buildings?November 13, 2019PNBRC0 Likes Building Resilience, News, OpinionWe cannot afford to wait for someone else to solve these problems. Leadership starts with us. CONTINUE READING
Funding for sustainable concrete cemented for five more yearsOctober 31, 2019PNBRC0 Likes Building Resilience, Finance, News, ResearchThe MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub will continue to study the environmental impacts of concrete and the hazard resilience of the built environment. CONTINUE READING
New Backgrounder: Setting the Record Straight on Tall TimberOctober 7, 2019PNBRC2 Likes News, Opinion, ResearchThere is a great deal of misrepresentation on the web about the environmental and climate-related benefits of mass timber use for high-rise buildings. CONTINUE READING
What’s Up with Mass Timber?August 22, 2019PNBRC1 Likes News, OpinionThere are many assertions made about the environmental and climate-related benefits of mass timber construction, How real are those claims? CONTINUE READING