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Evening Program: A Path to Performance at Scale
September 10 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
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As the urgency to address climate and other global challenges increases, it is critical for the green building community to accelerate action across new and existing building portfolios. In practice, this means expediting action plans, tracking actions, and verifying improvements to meet goals across whole organizations and portfolios.
This program will bring together sustainability leaders to share strategies and examples of large-scale transformation, including new tools and programs to verify portfolio-level plans, actions, and performance across health, energy, biodiversity, climate risk, resilience, water, waste, and community. Attendees will learn about new tools available to take action at an unprecedented scale. Presenters will share information about and discuss a soon-to-be-released offering from USGBC and GBCI that will provide third-party review and verification of sustainability actions and performance metrics at the real estate portfolio level. This “Path to Performance at Scale” aims to provide a valuable supplement to the rapidly evolving sustainability and climate reporting landscape.
SPEAKERS:
Sheri Brezinka, USGBC Regional Director, West North Central
Sheri oversees USGBC market transformation and development activities across the Midwest. An experienced senior leader in sustainability with a focus on the built environment, strategic partnerships, stakeholder engagement and organizational management, Sheri is a resource to policy makers at the state and local level. She raises awareness about USGBC’s work through public speaking and serving on stakeholder groups. Prior to this role, Sheri was appointed Executive Director of the USGBC Minnesota Chapter in February 2009, working with the Board of Directors to strengthen and expand the organization. Before joining USGBC as staff, Sheri was actively involved as a volunteer leader when she helped form USGBC Minnesota in 2002. With a background in the construction industry, Sheri brings over 25 years of experience in the building industry. In her previous positions as Director of Marketing for Weis Builders, Inc. and Adolfson & Peterson Construction, she developed and led the general contractor’s sustainability programs.
Chris Laughman, LEED AP O+M, Senior Director, Sustainability & Energy at Greystar
Chris is an accomplished subject matter expert with over a decade of experience in sustainable real estate operations who got his start in the inaugural class of the Green Business Challenge in 2010. He now leads Greystar’s Sustainability and Energy Platform where he delivers sustainability solutions, utility bill management oversight, cost recovery, and energy strategies that enhance the human experience while positively impacting the triple bottom line across Greystar’s 2,800 US properties. Chris has been a member of the Missouri Gateway GBC and served as President of the St. Louis IFMA chapter. He helped build support for the City of St. Louis’ Building Energy Awareness Ordinance (benchmarking), and served on the team that helped the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Education Center earn its LEED O+M certification before moving to his national position at Greystar. Chris remains an active green building leader, speaking at industry conferences and panels on the topic of ESG, data, and reducing the impact of the built environment.
Katy Mike Smaistrla, Sustainability Coordinator and Educator, University of Missouri St. Louis
Katy Mike moved to STL over ten years ago to change minds and behaviors about the way we use our natural resources. No matter what her formal role may be (be it her previous position as an educator & volunteer coordinator for the Missouri Botanical Garden or now as the sustainability coordinator at the University of Missouri – St. Louis), she serves as a community conduit, connecting people to their bioregion, their urban environment, and ultimately, their identity. Katy Mike serves the UMSL campus in crafting a healthier and more sustainable place for learning & working. When not working in the higher ed sector, she enjoys working to infuse innovative art & literacy programming into other non-traditional, transformative programs. Katy Mike is also an adjunct faculty at Maryville University and Southern New Hampshire University and currently serves on the board of earthday365 and Fox Park Neighborhood Association and on Missouri Gateway GBC’s Engagement & Outreach Committee.
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AIA CES PROVIDER STATEMENT
Missouri Gateway Green Building Council is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number R341. All registered AIA CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider or this learning program may be sent to AIA CES (cessupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3). This learning program is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product. AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.
