Local Environmental Conditions Index
How demanding the local environmental conditions of an area are for buildings, read from the long-run recorded climate dimension by dimension: cold, heat, snowfall, freeze-thaw and heavy precipitation. It describes the conditions around a property, not the physical condition of any building, and it never changes an ICI Score.
Local Environmental Conditions Index 1.0, candidate method awaiting independent expert review
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What it measures
Five dimensions of the recorded climate, each scored from 0 to 100 on a fixed published scale from national climate normals for 1991 to 2020. 100 is the least demanding end of a scale and 0 the most demanding.
What it does not measure
- The condition of any building
- Community resilience or emergency capacity
- Insurance, lending or property value
- What will happen in future
Where the numbers come from
The nearest climate station publishing each measure within 50 km of the area's reference point: Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada, NOAA in the United States. Every result names the station and its distance.
Your building is a separate question
The ICI Score describes what the records of a building support about its condition. This index describes the recorded climate of the area. Milder conditions do not mean a building is in good condition, and demanding ones do not mean a building is at fault.