Resiliency is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or moments of crisis

What Makes a Home Resilient?

Resilient design in housing focuses on the ethic or value of increasing the autonomy of a home. In other words, resilient homes attempt to limit their dependency on external inputs while supplying their energy, water, waste, and sewer disposal needs. Resilient homes differ based on their geographical location. A resilient home in northern California will look much different from a resilient home on Texas's Gulf Coast. Each region's specific climatic conditions will largely determine the construction methods to maximize homes' resiliency in a given area. Nonetheless, there are a few characteristics shared by resilient homes everywhere.