Join Missouri Gateway Green Building Council, ASHRAE St. Louis Chapter and I2SL St. Louis Chapter to learn more about taking a practical approach to carbon neutral master planning.
Join us for a monthly happy hour to network and talk about green buildings and sustainability!
REGISTER NOW! HOT TOPIC: This month’s Coffee Break will provide an introduction to Cabanne District CDC’s Equitable Energy Mixed Income Community Initiative (EEMICI). EEMICI engages a wide array of audiences to work together toward strategies that promote low-energy mixed-income communities as places where people can live, work, play and age, and where the energy burden levels are low to none. Mixed income communities are critical to achieving neighborhood equity and rejuvenating economy and quality of life. FEATURED SPEAKER: Justin Idleburg, Principal CEO of Cabanne District Community Development Corporation Justin Idleburg is the Executive Director of Cabanne District Community Development Corporation. Justin works with governmental leaders, grassroots leaders, faith-based rural/urban communities. He educates with guidance in the areas of health equity, equitable community development, and equitable electrification, in order to empower community members in understanding the impact of an applied racial equity lens in correcting inequitable outcomes. To create an opportunity for all to thrive, Justin coaches communities to increase their capacity around policy analysis, coalition-building, strategic partnerships, legislative advocacy, and organizational development. Justin holds volunteer leadership positions with organizations such as Delmar DivINe, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), The National Conference for Community and Justice of Metropolitan St. Louis, St. Louis Regional… Continue Reading Coffee Break – Equitable Energy Mixed Income Community Initiative
Be a part of the green building movement and help us further our mission and vision by connecting people, places and planet for a greener & healthier future! Missouri Gateway Green Building Council is currently seeking nominations for At-Large seats on our Board of Directors. All terms begin in 2024. Nominations are due by 5 pm Central Time on Friday, August 18, 2023.Self nominations are accepted and encouraged. Nominees must be a member in good standing with Missouri Gateway Green Building Council must currently serve or have previously served on a committee or as a volunteer with the organization. Review or fill out the Online Nomination Form! For more information, please see: Nomination Guidelines Nomination Form (On-line Form) Board of Director Job Descriptions In 2015, MGGBC shifted our board nomination and election process, and no longer hold general elections. Nominations are accepted from the membership. The Governance Committee collects nominations and ensures eligibility of nominees. The committee then consults a matrix of leadership needs to determine a slate to present to the board for approval. The committee expects to present a slate to the board for discussion at the September 2023 board meeting.
REGISTER Join us for a tour of Dream Meadows, a green home in Springfield, MO and learn about the green features the owners have incorporated over the past 23 years. HOSTS Ozark 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 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. REGISTER NOW
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.
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 SEPTEMBER 1 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 – Putting Principles into Action: the Future of LEED
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