E31 - Resident Safety in a Changing World: How to Create a Resilient Community
(Room Meeting Room 3)
31 Aug 21
8:30 AM
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9:30 AM
Tracks:
Design Innovation
In the past decade, seniors have had to flee floods and fires, stay cool in heat waves, and try to stay safe during a pandemic. Crises like these are likely to increase in the future and, similar to COVID-19, disproportionately impact seniors. This presentation, facilitated by the AIA Design for Aging and Committee on the Environment Knowledge Communities, will provide concrete strategies for design, construction, and operation of resilient communities that are inherently safer, cost owners less over the life of the building, can function as a powerful marketing tool to potential residents, and have lasting positive impact on the environment and its inhabitants.