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Add guidance to existing design standards and consider adjustment of maintenance activities to account for climate change

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Approach

Add guidance to existing design standards and consider adjustment of maintenance activities to account for climate change.

Tactics

  • Consider future of hotter temperatures during building heating
  • venting and cooking (HVAC) design.
  • Design for and install heat- and drought-resistant landscapes (xeriscape).
  • Anticipate where ice dam problems may occur in the future.

Sensitivity

Strategy

Citation

Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Ho, J.J.; Little, N.J.; Joyce, L.A., eds. (2018). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.,

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