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Vinyl siding is the most commonly used type in America, but it's a poor option for fire-prone areas. Instead, consider these ...
As wildfires ravage California and climate change intensifies extreme weather events across the United States, an innovative building material is gaining traction: Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC). W ...
A USD professor designs an innovative solution to California's housing crisis: a sustainable, fire-resistant home assembled ...
Drywall is a common material used in home construction, but what about hemp? Sativa Building Systems, a business in ...
A third of American homes, or about 48 million properties, are at risk of wildfires. Here's how to protect yours.
The house that Michael Kovac built is the only one on his street still standing after a huge fire raced through his Los ...
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Vasya Tremsin, a (then) high school senior from the San Francisco Bay Area, came up with a crazy idea for a science fair ...
Experts in fire mitigation and climate science said LA should use the fires as an opportunity to design more resilient ...
Amid the charred rubble of burnt-down homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, you’ll find one Chautauqua ...