Senior Project Manager, Associate Marmol Radziner Los Angeles, California
Creating fire-resistant homes and gardens is crucial for safeguarding lives and property against devastating wildfires. By incorporating fire-resistant building materials, plants, and landscaping techniques, we can reduce risk, enhance community resilience, and protect the environment, fostering a safer, more sustainable future for all residents, aligned with SITES v2 principles.
Learning Outcomes:
Understand the significant impact that design professionals, including architects and landscape architects, can have on improving climate change resilience in fire-prone communities.
Learn strategies for streamlining design and permitting processes to facilitate faster recovery and help homeowners return to their residences more quickly after disasters.
Understand how to develop site-specific, historically sensitive solutions for rebuilding fire-damaged communities, incorporating research and best practices to preserve cultural heritage while enhancing resilience, aligned with SITES v2 goals for site context and site design.
Learn how effective maintenance practices for defensible space help retain fire resilience, protect assets, and preserve property value and insurability in the face of environmental threats, aligned with SITES v2 credit Reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire.