Beyond the Buildings

Rethinking property resilience with NASA JPL

Beyond the Buildings

Show Notes

- The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Cotality report, an 18-month effort, provides a structural risk assessment, projecting potential loss from perils over 100-years.

- Cotality and NASA used digital twins to model “what if” scenarios, turning data into actionable insights for planning and resilience.

- Property-level hazard assessments could become a standard practice for federal agencies and large institutions looking to proactively prepare their facilities for the changing environment.

Links: Cotality Insights https://www.cotality.com/insights

Climate at Cotality https://www.cotality.com/climate

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