U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Charting Colorado's Vulnerability to Climate Change. Responding to growing awareness of climate change impacts, the State of Colorado commissioned two of its universities to complete an initial study ...

Wind-Resistant Construction Key to Rebuilding for Resilience. After most of the city was flattened by a tornado, Joplin, Missouri's Mercy Hospital built a new facility, incorporating features to reinf ...

Hospital Plans Ahead for Power, Serves the Community Through Hurricane Sandy. The combined heat and power system at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut kept the lights on through Hurricane Sandy, and th ...

Retrofitting a Children's Hospital with a Hurricane-Resistant Shell. After conducting an assessment that showed their building's vulnerability to wind damage, the Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami ...

After Record-Breaking Rains, a Major Medical Center's Hazard Mitigation Plan Improves Resilience. Widespread damage from flooding at the Texas Medical Center in Houston revealed the complex's vulnerab ...

Island Medical Campus Recovers, Rebuilds to Face Future Storms. In the wake of a hurricane and beset by an economic recession, the University of Texas Medical Branch on Galveston Island rebuilt for fu ...

After Katrina, Health Care Facility's Infrastructure Planned to Withstand Future Flooding. After catastrophic flooding in New Orleans destroyed two hospitals, the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health C ...

Investment in Infrastructure at Sea-Level Hospital Will Pay Off by Reducing Risk. Built very close to sea level, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston implemented innovative strategies to keep c ...

Health Care Facilities Maintain Indoor Air Quality Through Smoke and Wildfires. When smoke from wildfires swirls around health care facilities, prepared hospitals in California and Colorado use air qu ...

Elevated Rehabilitation Facility Functions Flawlessly Through Hurricane Sandy. Flood-resistant construction of Seagate Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Brooklyn helped staff and patients shelter in ...