Weathering the Built Environment

The Triple Point™ Podcast

Episode 16 - Weathering the Built Environment

Show Notes

Hosts: Ryan Harris

Guest: No Guest

Description: As Hurricane Ian slammed into the southwestern Florida coast this week, the storm served as a stark reminder of the significant impacts weather and climate have on the built environment. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy brought nearly $70 billion in infrastructure impacts. Flooding, storm surge, temperature and wind loads on buildings, air quality along transportation corridors, environmental impacts to communications infrastructure, and so much more have trillions of dollars of impacts every year on the built environment. In addition to looking at standard weather and climate effects, the industry must leverage future climate model projections so our infrastructure can outlast the changing climate decades into the future.

References:

• Hurricane Ian slams into Florida (USA Today)
• 2014 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting: Built Environment Focus
• VIDEO: Weather and the Built Environment (UCAR MetEd Tutorial)
• Cal Berkley Center for Built Environment ClimaTool
• 2018 National Climate Assessment: Built Environment Chapter
• Advancing climate-smart construction standards (NOAA)
• NOAA Sea Level Rise Mapping Tool
• FirstStreet Foundation Risk Factor Tool
• Fort Myers development timeline (Landsat, Google Earth Engine)

Hurricane Ian Evacuation

(0:00:27)

Built Environment Intro

(0:01:13)

Built Environment Industry

(0:04:52)

Technologies and Gaps

(0:07:17)