AIRAH has released the inaugural version of its AIRAH Resilience Checklist.

A resource aimed at improving the resilience of the built environment, the checklist provides considerable information on how buildings can be made more resilient in order to survive a world impacted by climate change.

Developed by the AIRAH Resilience Special Technical Group (STG), the checklist was produced through research and industry consultation. The aim was to encourage a greater focus on resilience in the built environment.

The AIRAH Resilience Checklist includes an eight-step process for developing a resilience action plan. The steps cover defining a resilience strategy, understanding the future climate, and understanding key risks to buildings. Other steps relate to how to design, engineer, install and manage for resilience.

The checklist also explores the concept of “Build Back Better”.

This new approach to resilience focuses on implementing positive social change and improving the community capacity by viewing resilience not merely as an outcome but also as a process in itself.

Rather than merely coping with or responding to potential extreme events or changing environments, resilience is viewed as continuous learning and growth, allowing us to make better, more informed decisions to improve the built environment.

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