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https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/retrofit-existing-buildings

https://bluetexinsulation.com/pages/new-construction-
metal-framed-buildings-installation

https://www.earthquakesafety.com/earthquake-
retrofitting.html

https://esub.com/construction-project-managementsoftware-blog/seismic-retrofit-of-steel-structures/

https://www.earthquakecountry.org/step4/urmwalls/

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Renovation, retrofit, and refurbishment of existing buildings represent an opportunity to upgrade the energy performance of commercial building assets for their ongoing life. Often retrofit involves modifications to existing commercial buildings that may improve energy efficiency or decrease energy demand. In addition, retrofits are often used as opportune time to install distributed generation to a building. Energy-efficiency retrofits can reduce the operational costs, particularly in older buildings, as well as help to attract tenants and gain a market edge.

The Building Technologies Office provides resources that allow planners, designers, and owners to focus on energy-use goals from the first planning stages through post-retrofit monitoring. The Advanced Energy Retrofit Guides outline how to conduct an energy-efficient retrofit. Energy Modeling Software helps identify the most impactful measures through simulations. And the Technology Portal can be accessed to make fact-based procurement decisions during a retrofit. Additional government resources are provided below.

Key Resources

Building Upgrade Manual
Use this strategic guide to help plan and implement cost-effective, energy-saving building upgrades.

Commercial Reference Buildings
Explore energy models that characterize 70% of the commercial buildings in the United States, and use this information as reference points for developing energy performance goals.

EnergyPlus
Use this whole-building energy simulation program to model and optimize your buildings' energy and water use.

Energy Modeling for Retrofit Projects - OpenStudio Workflow Training
Use this interactive checklist from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to create a baseline simulation, model, and run simulations for retrofit alternatives, and then compare the results with your baseline model.

For additional O&M resources, see the Commercial Buildings Resource Database.

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Renovation, retrofit, and refurbishment of existing buildings represent an opportunity to upgrade the energy performance of commercial building assets for their ongoing life. Often retrofit involves modifications to existing commercial buildings that may improve energy efficiency or decrease energy demand. In addition, retrofits are often used as opportune time to install distributed generation to a building.

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Basically you just need to drill holes in the foundation and install anchor bolts. You would do this in that crawl space that was really short and that Mr. Hoopman didn't go in. This will prevent the building from slipping off the foundation. You could add steel pillars down in the crawl space but is just as effective to just bolt down the foundation, so why do all that extra work when it does the same thing??

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Foundation that isn't bolted down during an earthquake

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Foundation that isn't bolted down during an earthquake

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During an earthquake, buildings that aren't bolted down will slide off the foundation. The waves that cause buildings to slide off foundations are Seismic waves. Seismic waves are horizontal waves that travel around the Earth and through it.

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To add steel framing to reinforce the wall you would have metal bars vertically every couple feet to support to the level above. That way when the brick wall breaks there will still be steel holding it up. Because the wall is already made it is too late to redo the whole wall so the idea I came up with is put the metal on the outside of the bricks by screwing them together with concrete screws so it can still support the floor above. It will also help when the brick wall is falling apart and breaking to help keep it together.

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The solution to make sure the brick walls don't collapse is to add a steel frame. We need this to prevent the walls from collapsing. Some retrofitted buildings have reinforced with plastic but we decided to use steel since it is WAY stronger.

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How do seismic waves destroy brick walls??

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How do seismic waves destroy brick walls??

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Seismic waves destroy brick walls when the horizontal waves travel around the earth and cause shaking. Brick walls can not handle this shaking and they collapse.

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According to earthquakecounty.org, unreinforced masonry such as bricks and most of Riverview's walls are very bad during earthquakes. They are bad because the mortar holding it together isn't strong enough to resist earthquake forces. The main waves during an earthquake that destroy buildings with unreinforced masonry are seismic waves.

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if we can add steel pillars in wide open places like the cafeteria and add them in other open spaces and the dungeon area so we can have a sturdier base to prevent earthquake damage.