WORLD GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL BUILDING SCALE PRINCIPLES for a resilient and adaptable built environment LEARN • Prepare to undertake adaptation measures to changing environmental conditions, by ensuring awareness of passive and active retrofit measures for buildings of all typologies to a range of climate impacts. • Be aware of sustainable sources of investment and financing to invest in building upgrades and retrofits for increased resilience and durability against climate impacts and severe weather conditions. • Assess the risk of climate change on physical assets, infrastructure and system stressors through future scenario modelling and risk assessments that consider the lifespan of an asset, including risk of stranded assets. ADOPT • Utilise resilience-based measurement frameworks and reporting standards, calling for users to assess climate risk and adopt resilient and adaptive business strategies based on future scenario modelling of likely climate impacts. • Select materials for appropriateness to likely future weather events, prioritising circularity and low embodied carbon materials. • Adopt backup strategies at building scale in case of extreme weather events such as off- grid, decentralised and resilient energy supply. 11
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