Designing for the Future: Climate Risk, Legal Exposure, and a New Tool to Build Resilience in Practice
Strengthen your practice by understanding the intersection of climate risk, professional liability, and resilient design.
Discover how a new AIA Trust resource helps architects design responsibly, reduce exposure, and meet evolving standards of care.
Resilience in architecture means more than just strengthening buildings—it also means fortifying your practice, reputation, and duty of care. As climate risks accelerate and codes struggle to keep pace, architects face growing expectations to design for foreseeable hazards.
This 90-minute session introduces the Climate Risk Factsheet Tool, created by Marsh and available through AIA Trust, recently endorsed by USGBC as aligned with LEED v5 resilience requirements. Using geographic coordinates, the tool generates 100-year projections for wildfire, flooding, extreme heat, and wind—equipping architects to make more informed design decisions, advise clients responsibly, and document their risk awareness.
Learn how this resource supports both environmental and professional resilience by enabling climate-informed design, reducing liability, and reinforcing the architect’s evolving standard of care.
Speakers: Yvonne Castillo, Director of Risk Advisory, Victor Insurance Managers, LLC; Dom McGough, Senior Managing Consultant, Marsh Advisory
1.5 AIA LU/HSW
