The most recent weather disasters that have befallen American homes, especially in the Northeast, have been sad indeed - but there is a silver lining in their dark clouds.
Ironically, they have given building designers and constructors an opportunity to think not only of following sound green building practices, but also of incorporating them into creating buildings that will better stand up in violent weather - what can be called strong architecture - and make them safer and more comfortably livable during power outages and other amenity deprivations.
Below are a few suggestions for doing this. Some are easy to implement and some are not; but the potential benefit of each far outweighs its cost... Read More
