Building Resiliency Into Communities: Leveraging Local Buildings as Community Resources

Registration Information:

To register for this course - please reserve your seat for the "Resilient Places Summit" located in the Greenbuild agenda.

Registering for the session holds your seat in the class until 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. At that time your seat in the session can no longer be guaranteed.

If a workshop or session is full, you will not be able to add it to your agenda; however, if you have the appropriate pass you will be able to enter the session on a first-come first-served basis 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the event so long as capacity has not been reached

Greenbuild staff at the entrance of the session have the ability to stop permitting entrance to the session when the room hits the set capacity.

Description:

We’ll explore the transformative impact of resilient infrastructure design, emphasizing the necessity for a comprehensive re-think by agencies, electric utilities, building owners and communities. Applying experience from cutting edge sustainable projects, this panel will highlight opportunities on how design and community partners might collaborate to assure reliable power during blackouts, and provide emergency services and shelter to local communities in the event of a major disaster. This includes how energy resources like PV arrays, batteries and electric vehicles – combined with site resources such as gymnasiums, kitchens, and pools - enables crucial infrastructure for local communities and first responders during critical events.