First Friday Webinar – Sustainable AI Practice in the Built Environment: Sufficient, Efficient, and Scalable Impact

The First Friday series is back for 2026 and starting in March, all sessions will feature live, never seen before content! During each session, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of the presenters, connect with peers, discuss the latest in green building, and learn more about what’s happening at USGBC.

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 MARCH 6 WEBINAR

Sustainable AI Practice in the Built Environment: Sufficient, Efficient, and Scalable Impact

AI is increasingly applied across the project lifecycle. However, adoption often emphasizes near-term performance gains while overlooking the full lifecycle impacts and implementation requirements of AI-enabled solutions. This session introduces a Sustainable AI practice lens for the built environment—grounded in efficiency, sufficiency, and scalable impact—to help teams make informed choices about when AI is warranted, how to understand and mitigate energy and carbon implications, and what conditions must be in place for successful implementation. A structured evaluation approach will be presented to support prioritizing use cases based on expected value and readiness, followed by a facilitated discussion of common barriers and practical next steps.

Live attendance at this session is eligible for 1 GBCI CE Hour – General.

REGISTER FOR THE MARCH 6 WEBINAR

2026 Schedule

• April 3 | Elevating indoor air quality with research, innovation, and collective action
• May 1 | State of Play: U.S. Existing Buildings Market
• June 5 | Sustainable Finance in the Built Environment
• July 10 | Innovation Reimagined: The LEED v5 Project Priorities Category
• August 7 | Sustainable Cities: Strategies for advancing city-wide sustainability goals
• September 11 | Advancing Circularity with TRUE
• October 2 | The Tripod: Three USGBC Tools to Facilitate Decarbonization
• November 6 | Regenerative, Resilient and Equitable Solutions for Large-scale Developments (Communities)
• December 4 | High performing existing buildings with LEED O+M