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Solving the Split Incentive Problem – Reframing Investment in Energy Efficiency, for Building Owners & Tenants

In rental properties, there is a common obstacle to investment in energy efficiency. If the owner invests in efficient HVAC equipment, the tenant receives the benefit of lower utility bills. This reduces the financial incentive for building owners to make these upgrades. Seen more broadly, the “split incentive” exists whenever the responsibility for a proposed improvement is… Continue Reading Solving the Split Incentive Problem – Reframing Investment in Energy Efficiency, for Building Owners & Tenants

COFFEE BREAK: Indoor Air Quality Sensors Show & Tell

Continuous monitoring of indoor environmental conditions is the future of building operation and designing for occupant comfort and health. The IAQ sensor market specifically has exploded as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic as well. Green building standards (LEED, WELL, RESET) are adjusting from point in time measurement to encourage more continuous monitoring. Receive a live demo of real life IAQ… Continue Reading COFFEE BREAK: Indoor Air Quality Sensors Show & Tell

Building Decarbonization: Why Does It Matter and Where do YOU Fit in?

View list of attendees. The New Buildings Institutes' (NBI) Building Decarbonization Code presents the building industry with an actionable tool to leverage buildings in meeting the climate objectives of cities and states. We will review this tool, present its place within a spectrum of tools, policies, and funding opportunities related to building decarbonization and discuss concerns and opportunities of decarbonization… Continue Reading Building Decarbonization: Why Does It Matter and Where do YOU Fit in?

Coffee Break – Does the Building Industry Need a Paradigm Shift?

In the past few weeks in St. Louis, we have experienced record drought, record heat and record rainfall. We know extreme weather events like this are exacerbated by the climate crisis and will likely accelerate further. How should we be building - or not building - to address climate mitigation and adaptation? How can we pursue new and… Continue Reading Coffee Break – Does the Building Industry Need a Paradigm Shift?

Evening Educational Program: Net Zero Building Showcase

Net Zero Building Showcase featuring three projects: You Work to Solve the Problems You Created - meeting campus net zero goals with a paradigm shift in building design. In the traditional approach to building design, the design solution creates other problems and creates a chain reaction of resource hungry solutions. Focusing on a paradigm shift from this traditional approach, James Moler, Mechanical… Continue Reading Evening Educational Program: Net Zero Building Showcase

2022 Fall Member Social

We have an amazing opportunity to explore an historically renovated building in Midtown St. Louis, home to three design-build, prefab construction manufacturing, and electrical contractor companies; DIRTT, built., and Coltrane.  Join your fellow members supporting the work of making every building a green building. Enjoy networking and exploring the building, getting to know your Missouri Gateway Green Building… Continue Reading 2022 Fall Member Social

Connect on the Quest: Climate Change Communications

Having positive and productive conversations about climate change is a great way to open the door to solutions-focused thinking and a problem-solving mindset. During the Nov 2nd Connect on the Quest, Hannah Phillips, Manager of Docents and Interpreters for the Saint Louis Zoo will review the principles of both climate change and climate change communication to help us learn the most productive ways to discuss the topic. Presentation material is informed by the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation network (NNOCCI) for which Hannah is a certified trainer.

EP HAPPY HOUR with USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter Members @ Pat Connolly Tavern

The Pat Connolly Tavern 6400 Oakland Avenue, St. Louis, MO, United States

As emerging professionals it's difficult to grasp all the possibilities and potential your career holds. Come enjoy a pint of your favorite beverage at various Green Dining Alliance (GDA) locations every 1st Thursday @ 4:30 - 6:00 pm.

Smart Buildings Education Session

About this event Smart buildings can support sustainability, health, equity, and resilience. Join us to discuss the optimization of the design and operation of integrated, high-performance buildings. In addition, to exploring how smart buildings can support LEED and green building, we’ll examine the technologies that have moved us to this point, and innovations in smart… Continue Reading Smart Buildings Education Session

Coffee Break: Grounded in Indigenous Values – Preserving the Land

Watch or Listen to this Coffee Break Recording! The native peoples of our Midwest region were well aware of their surroundings, the earth, the waterways, and the sky. The indigenous people who lived in the region that is now Missouri were much more sensitive to the needs of their environment. Over thousands of years they developed a sophisticated… Continue Reading Coffee Break: Grounded in Indigenous Values – Preserving the Land