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Annual Green Building Showcase
May 10, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Our Annual Green Building Showcase featured the following projects and speakers:
Mastercard’s Path to Zero – LEED v4 Operations + Maintenance: Existing Buildings PLATINUM LEED Zero Certification, presented by Lindsey LaGesse, Environmental Sustainability Manager, Mastercard.
Mastercard’s Operations Center, headquartered in O’Fallon, Missouri – contributes to their commitment to net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050; receiving a LEED v4 O+M Platinum certification in April 2021. Focusing on Mastercard’s overarching sustainability goals, Lindsey LaGesse will dive into how their commitment to net-zero emissions led to achieving green building, wellness, and waste certifications. Currently all Mastercard owned properties in the U.S. are fitted with solar panels and all owned properties across the world are LEED certified. Mastercard operates close to 180 facilities across the world and is prioritizing renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, including the expanded use of solar panels in data centers, which account for more than 50 percent of energy usage across the company.
A Call to Action – Promoting Inclusive Sustainability, Environmental Equity & Eco-Action in our Schools, presented by Sharonica Hardin-Bartley, Superintendent of Schools, The School District of University City
Joy and Well-Being is one of the five key objectives in The School District of University City’s strategic vision of Learning Reimagined. Children learn best when they, their families and their teachers are well and thriving. In a district that is more than 80 percent African American and qualifies for 100 percent free lunch, Well-Being and Joy simply cannot be achieved without addressing racial inequity, resource disparities, and social emotional health. The University City School District recognizes environmental justice, student environmental advocacy, community inclusion, conservation, and sustainability; fully embedded in its PreK-12 curriculum, these are powerful drivers of Joy and Well-Being for students, families and teachers. Dr. Hardin-Bartley will discuss “the work” involved in creating healthy, eco-friendly and highly empowered students prepared to recognize, act and solve the critical environmental challenges in their futures. This Earth Day, 2022 the U.S. Department of Education announced the 2022 Green Ribbon Schools honorees, including University City School District, in recognition of their innovative efforts to reduce environmental impact and costs, improve health and wellness, and ensure effective sustainability education. These honorees were named from a pool of candidates from 19 states, and were nominated by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with Missouri Green Schools which is joint program of the U.S. Green Building Council-Missouri Gateway Chapter and Missouri Environmental Education Association.
Adaptive Reuse – The Butler Brothers Building Historic Renovation for Sustainable and Affordable Redevelopment, presented by Gary Prosterman, President and CEO, Development Services Group, Inc. and Joel Fuoss, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Trivers
St. Louis’ Downtown West neighborhood is home to the Butler Brothers Building, the site of the first official World Chess Championship of 1886. Built in 1906 this century old multistory warehouse will be converted to modern multifamily living after sitting vacant for over 3 decades. Redevelopment on a massive scale, 735,000 square-feet spanning an entire block at 1717 Olive Street, the historic renovation will be achieved using sustainable and affordable design – from accounting for embodied carbon to integrated community health and well-being. “The greenest building is one that is already built,” analyzing the critical factors in a community, surrounding economic growth, and cooperative governmental agencies and financing, Gary Prosterman and architects of Trivers will detail the inherent complexities of large-scale historic redevelopment to meet sustainable and affordable design needs.
Roadmap to Economic Justice – St. Louis Development Corporation, presented by Daffney Moore, Chief of Staff / Director of Equity & Inclusion, St. Louis Development Corporation and Neal Richardson, Chairman & Executive Director, St. Louis Development Corporation
