We are accepting your submissions for educational programs! Submit your proposals to be considered for coffee breaks or evening programs later this year or in 2024. Show Me Your Green Building Solutions! Fill out our Call For Proposals Form! Proposals submitted by end of day Monday, April 3 will be reviewed by our Education Committee… Continue Reading Q2 Call For Proposals Due!
Do you own or operate buildings? Join the Building Energy Exchange-St. Louis (BE-Ex STL) at their 2023 Owner/Operator series for commercial buildings.
REGISTER NOW As emerging professionals (EP) it's difficult to grasp all the possibilities and potential your career holds. Enjoy a pint of your favorite beverage at various Green Dining Alliance (GDA) certified locations every 1st Thursday @ 4:30 - 6:00 pm. This monthly happy hour event is for all community members to network with local green building and sustainability professionals while… Continue Reading Emerging Professional Happy Hour @ Four Hands Brewing Co.
USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2023. 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… Continue Reading First Friday Webinar: Preparing the Workforce for the Clean Energy Economy – LEED Cities Advancing a Just Transition
The choices we make about materials in our buildings can affect everything from indoor air quality to construction waste to broader human health and environmental impacts from materials ingredients, sources, manufacturing, and transport. But the process of selecting materials can be complicated and confusing. How can you best evaluate products and finishes in our buildings so that decisions are best for budgets, building occupants and the environment? This program will address this question and more using the American Institute of Architects Materials Pledge as a basis for discussion. The program will include information on the efforts to make transparency and optimization information easily accessible through the mindful MATERIAL Collaborative and their Common Materials Framework and the efforts of the Interior Design community in creating this national pledge.
REGISTER Members of the MO Gateway Green Building Council's Ozark Branch, and the Young Architect's Forum (YAF) of the American Institute of Architects in Springfield will come together for an evening of networking and socializing. Each group will introduce their organization to the either, as we look to find ways to collaborate in the built… Continue Reading MGGBC/AIA YAF Springfield, MO Mixer
REGISTER Join us for a tour of Peckham Architecture in Columbia, MO and learn about the green features that contributed to LEED Platinum Certification. Light refreshments provided. HOSTS Mid-Missouri Branch of Missouri Gateway Green Building Council QUESTIONS? Contact Chris Ruth at chrisr@intfs.com. CONSENT TO USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE Registration/attendance at, or participation in Missouri Gateway… Continue Reading LEED Building Tour – Peckham Architecture (rescheduled)
Do you own or operate buildings? Join the Building Energy Exchange-St. Louis (BE-Ex STL) at their 2023 Owner/Operator series for commercial buildings.
16th Annual Green Schools Event to celebrate student-driven sustainability projects in local schools! Winners of the 2023-2024 Green Schools Quest will be announced at the event and participating schools will display posters detailing their projects. Several student participants will take the stage for Q&A at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis. Wednesday, May 3, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm.
REGISTER NOW As emerging professionals (EP) it's difficult to grasp all the possibilities and potential your career holds. Enjoy a pint of your favorite beverage at various Green Dining Alliance (GDA) certified locations every 1st Thursday @ 4:30 - 6:00 pm. This monthly happy hour event is for all community members to network with local green building and sustainability professionals while… Continue Reading Emerging Professional Happy Hour @ a local GDA certified location!
USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2023. 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… Continue Reading First Friday Webinars: LEED Communities Deploying Regenerative Solutions
REGISTER City of Columbia Sustainability Manager, Eric Hempel, invites the community to this update regarding the Climate Action & Adaptation Plan's goals, and the results of a recent vulnerability analysis. The Office's ongoing work toward equitable solutions for community resiliency is on the agenda as well. Co-sponsored by the MO Gateway Green Building Council and… Continue Reading City of Columbia Sustainability Office Presentation