Built With Purpose
Designing Homes for Climate Reality
- The world’s rate of climate change has increased rapidly during the last 10 years and the impact is being seen with changes in overall climate and more extreme weather events at a higher frequency. With wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes and floods causing tens of billions of dollars of damage across the US in the last few years alone, both home builders and home buyers need a solution to combat these issues while preparing for future legislation and required changes to both local building codes and insurances.
- Wildfires are devastating tens of thousands of homes each year.
- Zoning and building codes are requiring “fire resistant” construction.
- Insurance companies will not provide mortgage insurance for wood frame homes.
- Houses are the fuel for fires - the materials MUST be fire resistant.