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The Next Trend in Home Building: Disaster-Proof Dwellings

Founder Alex Wilson provides details of new Resilient Design Institute during Vision 2020 session at Greenbuild.

One of the most important emerging forces driving change in the building industry is signaled by the increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters, green building expert Alex Wilson told the audience at the Vision 2020 session at Greenbuild last week. These include wildfires, droughts, and storms and flooding as brought on by the recent Superstorm Sandy.

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Jennifer Goodman

Jennifer Goodman is a former editor for BUILDER. She lives in the walkable urban neighborhood of Silver Spring, Md.

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