First Friday Webinars – LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction

USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. These are previously recorded, highly rated, LEED specific education programs. Gather with peers and colleagues at noon Central Time on first Friday of each month to earn those CEs!

These courses are available for anyone to attend, but are free to local or company USGBC members. That includes Missouri Gateway Green Building Council members!

Access the webinar registration and code here. You will be prompted to login to access the code. Once you enter your login details, it will take you to your Member Dashboard. From there, click Member Only Benefits from the left-hand side menu to view the list of benefits and access code for the First Friday Webinars. You can use the code to register for one or more of the first Friday webinars. Questions? Reach out to your MO Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org.

REGISTER FOR THE MAY 3 WEBINAR

May: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction

This education session from USGBC’s 2023 Decarbonization Summit explores strategies for adjusting workflow to make meaningful improvements in upfront carbon emissions (A1-A5) and how these strategies can achieve points under various LEED credits.

Our panel of experts will discuss LCA timeline and process integration, when EC3 should be utilized, and examples of actual carbon reduction materials on real-world projects. They will provide a detailed overview of a 2-year long electric construction equipment pilot that has been occurring in Iowa.

Projects are conditioned to complete LCA’s; however, new tools such as EC3 allow for more detailed and on-going conversations that can yield even greater results in reductions. The session explores the nuances of LCA software, hand-off to tools like LCA, and tracking A5 emissions.

REGISTER FOR THE MAY 3 WEBINAR

2024 Schedule

• June: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland
• July: Smart Building Charrette, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings
• August: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities
• September: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects
• October: LEED Zero Project Profiles
• November: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance
• December: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates
• January 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design