Resilience Performance Indicators
A tool to help understand the resilience of your historic house of worship
UTSA’s list of Resilience Performance Indicators (RPIs) is organized into an Excel spreadsheet that includes more than 150 questions about your building, its surroundings, and your organization. Some examples include:
- How far above sea level is your building’s first floor?
- How weathertight are the doors?
- How distant is your property from emergency response teams?
- When was the roof most recently replaced?
- Does your congregation have a disaster response plan?
- Have you lost power and/or running water during a disaster in the last five years?
And more. Based on the answers you and an architect or engineer provide, the RPI spreadsheet calculates a numeric score. Use of the RPI tool is intended to result in a better understanding of potential performance against the risk of hurricanes and floods. With the RPI tool, you and your congregation will see the big picture of the resilience situation at your historic property.
You can use this information to make plans, advocate for local infrastructure improvements, prioritize building repairs, develop fund-raising strategies, etc.
Sample Results
Note for Users: Both the RPI and the Summary Vulnerability Assessment forms are electronic and include multiple pull-down menus for consistency of terminology. For best results, complete these forms using Excel software on an electronic device. Additionally, the RPI runs macros to calculate a numerical score and generate a visual graphic of results.
Image credit: Spider graph of sample results screen-grabbed from the RPI tool.
Resilience Performance Indicators
A tool to help understand the resilience of your historic house of worship
UTSA’s list of Resilience Performance Indicators (RPIs) is organized into an Excel spreadsheet that includes more than 150 questions about your building, its surroundings, and your organization. Some examples include:
- How far above sea level is your building’s first floor?
- How weathertight are the doors?
- How distant is your property from emergency response teams?
- When was the roof most recently replaced?
- Does your congregation have a disaster response plan?
- Have you lost power and/or running water during a disaster in the last five years?
And more. Based on the answers you and an architect or engineer provide, the RPI spreadsheet calculates a numeric score. Use of the RPI tool is intended to result in a better understanding of potential performance against the risk of hurricanes and floods. With the RPI tool, you and your congregation will see the big picture of the resilience situation at your historic property.
You can use this information to make plans, advocate for local infrastructure improvements, prioritize building repairs, develop fund-raising strategies, etc.
Note for Users: Both the RPI and the Summary Vulnerability Assessment forms are electronic and include multiple pull-down menus for consistency of terminology. For best results, complete these forms using Excel software on an electronic device. Additionally, the RPI runs macros to calculate a numerical score and generate a visual graphic of results.
Sample Results