Join us for AIA Wisconsin's Capitol Day Reception + Program at Monona Terrace

Building for Protection: Design in the Age of Volatile Weather Conditions

• 4:30 – 5:45 pm Cocktail Reception with Legislators (Monona Terrace Lecture Hall Foyer)
• 6:00 – 7:15 pm Program: "Building for Protection: Design in the Age of Volatile Weather Conditions" (Lecture Hall)

Our guest speakers will explore the relevant factors in designing for resiliency and damage mitigation in a time of volatile weather and climate conditions, political divisiveness, and opposition to increased regulation.

How do architects and engineers address the constantly changing weather patterns that are the basis for our codes?  Are current codes and standards adequate to protect the public? How do building and home owners navigate the reactionary changes in insurance coverage? How is the real estate industry addressing the changing conditions and what does that mean for the economic health of the building industry? How do building professionals advise their clients on protective design standards?

Join us to hear these experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a discussion about the intersection of weather, climate change, the real estate and insurance industries, and the built environment.

Speakers: 

   Associate Professor Daniel Wright- UW Civil & Environmental Engineering 

   Janine Glaeser, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB- UW SR Campus Planner, Architect

   Assistant Professor Phillip Mulder- UW Risk and Insurance

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the firsthand experiences and effects natural disasters have upon the built environment and its community members.
• Describe the important role the AIA and allied professionals play in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery through resilient design and engagement with state legislators and local jurisdictions to effect change in response to global climate change.
• Identify the opportunities, risk, and responsibilities of architects and engineers in the four phases of disaster management: preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.
• Recognize the difference between minimum performance requirements reflected in building codes and the opportunity for enhanced resilient design by integrating hazard mitigation strategies.

Please consider a donation to Wisconsin Society of Architects/Political Action Committee

This event is free and open to the public.

HOSTED BY AIA WISCONSIN

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