Berkeley
Berkeley’s Resilience Journey
Berkeley is relatively small, but it is known across the globe as a pioneering city, research center, and innovation hub. California cities in particular look to Berkeley for best practices in hazard mitigation.
The city’s recent efforts include developing the capacity to deliver critical city services for seven days without outside power, in the event that the region experiences a major outage. Berkeley is also researching options for a distributed energy microgrid to power buildings should the electric grid fail.
Berkeley has a demonstrated ability to integrate solutions across silos and develop high-value partnerships with institutions such as Lawrence Berkeley Lab and the University of California-Berkeley.
The city’s continued work to improve resilience will emphasize performance tracking and reporting, making its programs replicable for cities around the world.

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