Using TRN Resources to Incorporate Climate Change in Resilience Assessments

Program Document ·

OSTI ID:2477290

Epstein, Ethan ^[1]

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1. FEMP

The Technical Resilience Navigator (TRN) is a resilience planning webtool that helps users assess risks to a site’s critical functions from energy and water utility disruptions and develop solutions that reduce risk. The disruptions considered may include hazards that could be impacted by climate change. The TRN recently added a new “Climate Change Resources” tool to supplement the existing “Identify Potential Hazards” tool (both accessible via the Toolkit menu at trn.pnnl.gov). Together, these two tools allow users to 1) identify the likely annual frequency of relevant natural hazards at a site that may impact energy and water infrastructure based on historical data, and 2) access state, regional, and national resources on climate change with information about how climate change may affect these hazards. This document provides current and potential TRN users with a step-by-step guide to accessing and incorporating climate change information into site resilience planning. By doing so, users may improve their site’s ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions, as well as withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions.

• Research Organization: DOE Federal Energy Management Program
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Federal Energy Management Programs (FEMP)
• OSTI ID: 2477290
• Report Number(s): DOE-FEMP-0006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English