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Repairing Your Storm-Damaged Home
The U.S. Department of Energy, The Partnership for Advancing Technologies in Housing, and the Home Depot are partnering with Gulf Coast State Energy Offices to offer free home repair workshops to local hurricane victims. Three workshops were held in January and February and due to their success, more sessions are being planned. Please check this site for news on upcoming workshops.
Home repair experts will teach the latest techniques to handy homeowners and do-it-yourselfers. Training clinics include innovative instruction on repairing storm damaged roofs, walls and floors, installing windows, doors and hurricane shutters, and cost-effective ways to improve your home's energy efficiency and durability.
This event is designed for handy homeowners whose homes are still habitable but it need of repair, not rebuilding.
The following information will be discussed at these sessions:
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Resources for State and Local Officials for Disaster Recovery and Building Reconstruction
DOE is working closely with the State Energy Offices in the Gulf Coast states and their partners to provide resources, training, and technical assistance as states work on disaster recovery and building reconstruction. These states are looking for ways to build and rebuild safer, more durable, and energy-efficient buildings and homes. A key component of each state's recovery efforts is partnering with the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) and in-state extension services to provide training workshops on building and rebuilding with energy efficiency and storm resistance. State officials and local jurisdictions who need information on building codes and other resources will find these links helpful.
State Resources
Regional Resources
DOE's Building Technologies Program is providing technical assistance to Habitat for Humanity. This technical assistance is a continuation of the long-standing partnership between Building America and Habitat for Humanity. The Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership (BAIHP) is already working with Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) to develop reconstruction guidelines for the Gulf region, and assembling a list of building scientists and energy analysts who are willing to work with Habitat affiliate builders as they develop damage assessments and reconstruction plans. Home Energy Raters from the RESNET organization have volunteered to provide expertise to their local Habitat affiliates, and BAIHP expects to expand this concept to include HFHI affiliates in the recovery zone.
With a small grant from DOE's Building Technologies Program, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) will support the donation of a completed house shell that is earthquake, wind, and flood resistant as well as inexpensive. FAS, working in conjunction with an Alabama structural wall panel manufacturer, will donate a house shell made of structurally insulated panels (SIPs) to Habitat for Humanity. SIPs enable rapid enclosure (screw gun assembly with no crane) and minimize the finish materials needed. The use of SIPs in the rebuilding efforts could provide an affordable, energy-efficient, and durable solution and enable more rapid rebuilding. The donated shell will be used as a model for training programs.
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The Extension Disaster Education Network links to Resources from Land Grant Universities and Federal Agencies and has links to FEMA, SBA and USDA.
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