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.
Are you considering participating in the Green Schools Quest as a school or mentor? Join us for a virtual Info Session to learn more about the program and responsibilities, hear from past participants, and ask questions.
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 discussing opportunities to serve our communities. WHERE: Urban Chestnut Midtown Brewery and Biergarten Reduce your carbon impact: Connect with Metro: #70, #10, #97, #4, Grand (Red & Blue Lines). Or carpool with friends or colleagues! All are welcome. Bring a colleague, friend, family or community member to meet and network with Missouri Gateway Green Building Council members and non-members, and other emerging professionals while enjoying a beverage together and building your Green Buildings Are Better community! HOSTED BY Your Engagement & Outreach Committee! REGISTER NOW QUESTIONS? Contact Missouri Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org or 314-577-0884 CONSENT TO USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE Registration/attendance at, or participation in Missouri Gateway Green Building Council programs and activities constitutes an agreement by the registrants to allow the organization to use and distribute (both now and in the future) the attendee's image, in photographs, video, and electronic reproductions of such events and activities.
View the list of September 12, 2023 Attendees. From a transformed campus and St. Louis Public School’s first Green Ribbon School honoree, to adaptive reuse of a historic building into a Net Zero office and opportunities to accelerate campus-wide sustainability, the Missouri Gateway region is showcasing Green Building Leaders of the Future and Buildings as Climate Solutions.Featured ProjectsSt. Louis Community College Transformed – Meramec CampusPresented by Chrissy Hill Rogers, AIA, LEED AP, Principal at Arcturis The Financial Services and Enrollment Center will serve as the new front door to the Meramec Campus. Seeking LEED certification, the 70,000 SF project allows for expansion of financial programming on campus, with a focus on FinTech, entrepreneurship, and space accounting, while the first floor will feature the Enrollment Center, offering recruiting, enrollment, career development, and financial aid services to students. The project design draws people into the central spine, which serves as a mixing chamber, and the floor plan has been laid out to provide ultimate flexibility.Fostering a Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Approach: Patrick Henry Downtown AcademyPresented by Dr. Chavon Curry, Interim Principal at Patrick Henry Downtown Academy Patrick Henry Downtown Academy, a 2023 U.S. Dept. of Education Green Ribbon Schools Honoree,… Continue Reading Evening Program – Annual Green Building Showcase
REGISTER NOW! HOT TOPIC: This month’s Coffee Break will provide an introduction to how our power system can be made more resilient in the face of climate change. Americans are finding themselves in the dark these days – and for longer – as ever-more-severe storms knock out power grids. So, how do you build a resilient power system? BloombergNEF's Grids & Utilities analyst Amanda Welch will talk about 3 approaches that can scale and make a real impact including grid hardening, decentralization and interconnectors. FEATURED SPEAKER: Amanda Welch, Research Analyst, BloombergNEF Amanda Welch is a Research Analyst on the Grids & Utilities team at BloombergNEF, based in New York. She covers BloombergNEF’s regional analysis on utility strategy in North America. She specializes in technology trends for grid evolution, offshore transmission, and utility investment. Before joining BloombergNEF, Amanda was a business development analyst at EDF Renewables and she graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. REGISTER NOW! Need a break? Or a quick face-to-face with your green building community? New thoughts, ideas, and conversation to jump start your day? Join your Green Buildings Are Better community every 3rd Friday on Zoom for a quick (free) coffee break discussing green building and… Continue Reading Coffee Break – Building a Resilient Power System
Join us for a monthly happy hour to network and talk about green buildings and sustainability!
REGISTER NOW! HOT TOPIC: This Coffee Break will provide an introduction to how ESG is tied into sustainability initiatives within the global footwear industry at Caleres to use more environmentally preferred materials, reduce supplier waste, reduce emissions, and support social responsibility within their supply chain. FEATURED SPEAKER: Andee Burton, Director of Product and Sourcing Sustainability, Caleres Andee Burton has been in the footwear industry for over 10 years in many different roles from design, development, and most recently is the Director of Product and Sourcing Sustainability at Caleres. In her current role she has the opportunity to work with amazing teams that represent Caleres’s 15 brands to create more eco-conscious products through our initiatives with environmentally preferred materials, supplier waste reduction, supplier social responsibility, and emission reductions. REGISTER NOW! Need a break? Or a quick face-to-face with your green building community? New thoughts, ideas, and conversation to jump start your day? Join your Green Buildings Are Better community every 3rd Friday on Zoom for a quick (free) coffee break discussing green building and sustainability hot topics with local and national featured guests! View previous LIVE Missouri Gateway Green Building Council Coffee Breaks on our YouTube Channel. Consent to use photographic images: … Continue Reading Coffee Break – ESG Strategies in Global Footwear
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.
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 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. 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 OCTOBER 6 WEBINAR January: Tales from Successful LEED Certification Reviews February: ESG Priorities of LEED Communities March: From Risk to Resilience: Building a healthier, more resilient future April: Preparing the Workforce for a Clean Energy Economy: LEED Cities Advancing a Just Transition May: LEED Communities Deploying Regenerative Solutions June: Social Equity as a Driver for Neighborhood Development: Embracing Community Engagement July: Prioritizing Nature for Equity and Resilience August: Leveraging LEED v4.1 Residential into Building Healthy and High Performance Sustainable Homes September: Putting Principles Into Action: the Future of LEED October: Building the Future: Addressing… Continue Reading First Friday Webinars – Addressing Decarbonization, Zero Waste and ESG Goals for Construction
Join us for a discussion about the connections between LEED and Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) goals.
REGISTER NOW! HOT TOPIC: With it's proximity to the flood-prone River Des Peres, University City has experienced several flash floods over the years. On July 26, 2022 the region saw 11 inches of rainfall within 8 hour time period, causing historic flash floods in University City and many other parts of the region. After yet another flooding incident, University City residents are working together to chart a path forward. Join us at this coffee break to learn more about the immediate and long-term actions that are being pursued. FEATURED SPEAKERS: Robert E. Criss is Professor Emeritus of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and currently serves on the University City Stormwater Commission. After earning his PhD at Caltech in 1981, he was an isotope geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, then was Professor of Geology at UC Davis, and has been at Washington University since 1994. He is author of Principles of Stable Isotope Distribution (Oxford University Press, 1999) and co-editor of several books including At the Confluence: Rivers, Floods and Water Quality in the St. Louis Region. Dr, Criss has authored over 150 published papers that encompass many scientific disciplines, but 40 of these concern… Continue Reading Coffee Break – Community-Based Flood Mitigation in University City
Join us for a monthly happy hour to network and talk about green buildings and sustainability!