Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience

Table 5 Annual risk for the representative contemporary house

From: Risk-based cost-benefit analysis of climate adaptation measures for Australian contemporary houses under extreme winds

	Design wind classification	Annual expected losses (%)
	Design wind classification	Roof clad	Roof framing	Windward window	Building interior	Contents	Total	Loss of use (days)
(a) No construction defects
Brisbane house	N2	0.004	0.003	0.003	0.069	0.030	0.109	0.22
Brisbane house	N3	0.006	0.002	0.001	0.053	0.023	0.085	0.17
Melbourne house	N1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.024	0.011	0.035	0.04
Melbourne house	N2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.032	0.014	0.046	0.06
(b) With construction defects
Brisbane house	N2	0.005	0.003	0.003	0.085	0.037	0.133	0.29
Brisbane house	N3	0.008	0.002	0.001	0.066	0.028	0.105	0.24
Melbourne house	N1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.026	0.011	0.037	0.04
Melbourne house	N2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.034	0.015	0.049	0.06

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