“The built environment industry strives to design, construct and operate buildings to withstand both natural disasters and man-made hazards,” ASHRAE president Bill Bahnfleth says. “We must use the knowledge gleaned from disasters like the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Superstorm Sandy, last year’s Oklahoma City tornado and others, as well as predictions of the effects of climate change, to our advantage to save lives and infrastructure in the future.”



Article in full: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2014/05/14/how-to-build-better-buildings/



Keep an eye out for the IET BE Sector Special Interest Publication (SiP) publishing later this year 'Managing Complexity and Uncertainty in Developing Cities'



Find out more: http://www.theiet.org/events/2014/195075.cfm