Aug 31 2011
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) website has a new section on the High Performance Integrated Design Program. The pages, prepared by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Infrastructure Protection and Disaster Management Division
(IDD), contain a wealth of resources for architects, engineers, builders, owners, facility managers, first responders, security personnel and others to enhance the security of buildings and infrastructure.
The program's overall goal is to better prepare buildings and infrastructure to recover from manmade and natural disaster events by analyzing and compiling a range of high-performance requirements, including energy conservation, safety, security, environmental footprint, sustainability, durability, continuity of operations and rapid recovery to provide for an improved comprehensive solution to our nation's building stock. Such manmade and natural disaster events include: explosive blasts; chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) agents; floods; hurricanes; earthquakes and fires. Visit the new site and sign up to receive updates.
