42 min
Resilience Pays: Insurance Companies Fund Climate-Resilient Buildings Research Adapt: Climate Change and the Built Environment
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Jessica Mederson and Monika Serrano close the first season speaking with Dr. Anne Cope, Chief Engineer at IBHS, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, a nonprofit supported by property insurers, reinsurers, and affiliated companies. Anne leads the engineering team, researching the performance of homes and businesses in hurricanes, wildfires, severe thunderstorms, and hailstorms. We talk about her role at the National Institute of BUilding Sciences, building codes, affordability, return on investment from resilience, the role of insurers in adaptation and more.
Resources:
IBHS - https://ibhs.org/
IBHS Understanding Building Codes - https://ibhs.org/building-codes/
NIBS Mitigation Saves study - https://www.nibs.org/projects/natural-hazard-mitigation-saves-2019-report
NIBS Multi-Hazard Mitigation Council - https://www.nibs.org/mmc
Jessica Mederson and Monika Serrano close the first season speaking with Dr. Anne Cope, Chief Engineer at IBHS, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, a nonprofit supported by property insurers, reinsurers, and affiliated companies. Anne leads the engineering team, researching the performance of homes and businesses in hurricanes, wildfires, severe thunderstorms, and hailstorms. We talk about her role at the National Institute of BUilding Sciences, building codes, affordability, return on investment from resilience, the role of insurers in adaptation and more.
Resources:
IBHS - https://ibhs.org/
IBHS Understanding Building Codes - https://ibhs.org/building-codes/
NIBS Mitigation Saves study - https://www.nibs.org/projects/natural-hazard-mitigation-saves-2019-report
NIBS Multi-Hazard Mitigation Council - https://www.nibs.org/mmc
42 min