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Coffee Break: Energy Management Through Building Automation

Building Automation Systems come in all shapes and sizes, from single pieces of HVAC equipment to fully integrated smart buildings. While the name, Building Automation System implies only 'automatic control' of buildings, there is a responsibility to control the 'building efficiency' as well. During this Coffee Break discussion we'll here from local Mid Missouri Controls Manager,… Continue Reading Coffee Break: Energy Management Through Building Automation

Resiliency Depends on Equity: Applying National Lessons to Local Communities

Have you or your organization experienced extreme weather? Your community? In 2021 the United States experienced extreme weather; extreme temperatures reaching 115 degrees, mega-drought, wildfires, extreme winter storms leaving millions without power, extreme rain and flash floods, flooding, a derecho and tornadoes, earthquakes...  Cady Seabaugh is addressing the urgency of climate change in her work with… Continue Reading Resiliency Depends on Equity: Applying National Lessons to Local Communities

Connect on the Quest – Climate Action

Connect on the Quest: Climate Action A monthly virtual speakers series sharing Green Schools Quest project stories and resources to support schools in their green schools endeavors. The February 15th Connect on the Quest will focus on Climate Action.  PRESENTERS: Dr. Leigh Anne Neal, Chief of Early Childhood Learning / Sustainability, Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) & Joan Leavens, co-chair of Climate… Continue Reading Connect on the Quest – Climate Action

Coffee Break: Green Basics in Business Operations with the St. Louis Green Business Challenge

The St. Louis Green Business Challenge promotes Green practices, policies, thinking, and  strategy by collaborating across our local business sectors. The Challenge? Green Basics in business operations.  Housing a network of companies committed to green policy and practice, and integrating sustainable measures into their daily operations, Year 13 of the St. Louis Green Business Challenge is aiming to:… Continue Reading Coffee Break: Green Basics in Business Operations with the St. Louis Green Business Challenge

Coffee Break: West Florissant Ave. Great Streets Project & Federal Infrastructure Funding

The West Florissant Avenue Great Streets Project has been a development in planning with the community of Ferguson, North County, St. Louis Missouri, since 2013 and in design since 2016. Join Acting Director of Transportation and Public Works, Stephanie Leon-Streeter at St. Louis County in discussion on community engagement, planning, design and breaking ground on The… Continue Reading Coffee Break: West Florissant Ave. Great Streets Project & Federal Infrastructure Funding

Designing Housing to Adapt to the Changing Needs of Families, Neighborhoods, Cities, and our Natural Environment

How homes are conceived, clustered, and constructed can be the foundation for building community or breaking it. Homes involve personal factors such as how individuals live today and how the home can adapt to the changes of our stages of life over time, making them one of the most dynamic and diverse kinds of projects for architects.  From single-family… Continue Reading Designing Housing to Adapt to the Changing Needs of Families, Neighborhoods, Cities, and our Natural Environment

COFFEE BREAK: Alternative Proteins are to Agriculture as Renewables are to Energy: The Future

People in every corner of the planet need our food system to be sustainable, secure, and just. Yet consumption of conventionally produced animal meat—which causes multiple existential risks (climate change, antibiotic resistance, pandemic risk, loss of biodiversity)—continues to rise. Alternative proteins—meat made from plants or cultivated from animal cells—can decouple meat production from a host of… Continue Reading COFFEE BREAK: Alternative Proteins are to Agriculture as Renewables are to Energy: The Future

COFFEE BREAK: Better than Net Zero from Day 1 – Introducing Climate Friendly Snacking

Climate Friendly Snacking. Can crackers really fight climate change? Or be carbon neutral? Over 25% of greenhouse gas emissions come from the global food supply chain. Come learn more about how Airly Foods (owned by St Louis-based Post Holdings, Inc) is looking to challenge the way food is made from seed to shelf to create Climate Friendly… Continue Reading COFFEE BREAK: Better than Net Zero from Day 1 – Introducing Climate Friendly Snacking

Evening Educational Program: Resilient Waterways, Watersheds & Their Cities

Derek Hoeferlin’s “Way Beyond Bigness” design-research project comparatively studies the Mekong, Mississippi and Rhine river basins, focused on multi-scaled, water-based infrastructural transformation and their various impacts on riverways, cities, and larger regions, particularly when coupled with the impacts of climate change. “Way Beyond Bigness” realigns watersheds and architecture across multiple scales, disciplines, narratives. Hoeferlin will… Continue Reading Evening Educational Program: Resilient Waterways, Watersheds & Their Cities

COFFEE BREAK: Net Zero Follow Up with Navigate Building Solutions

At our 2021 Green Building Showcase, we learned about Navigate Building Solutions' plans to build themselves a net zero energy corporate headquarters in Brentwood, MO. The 8,360 square foot headquarters is now complete and known as Navigate Office Center. The project combines energy efficiency with the generation of renewable energy from solar panels, ensuring the… Continue Reading COFFEE BREAK: Net Zero Follow Up with Navigate Building Solutions

15th Annual Green Schools Event

Join us at the 15th Annual Green Schools Event to celebrate student-driven sustainability projects in local schools! This free virtual event, which is open to the public, is the culmination of the 2021-22 Green Schools Quest – a project-based challenge to K-12 schools to implement a sustainability project over 6 months with the help of a Green Mentor. Winners will be… Continue Reading 15th Annual Green Schools Event

COFFEE BREAK: Living Building Challenge – A Look at the Materials & Water Petals

The Living Building Challenge is a philosophy, certification, and advocacy tool for projects to move beyond being "less bad" and to become regenerative, meaning they will have a positive impact on the environment. The Challenge consists of 7 "Petals" - Place, Water, Energy, Health & Happiness, Materials, Equity and Beauty. We will discuss the Materials and Water… Continue Reading COFFEE BREAK: Living Building Challenge – A Look at the Materials & Water Petals