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SUMMARY:BE-Ex STL Owner-Operator Series - Capital Planning
DESCRIPTION:Do you own or operate buildings? Would you like to implement more energy efficiency and high performance building strategies? Join the Building Energy Exchange-St. Louis (BE-Ex STL) at their 2023 Owner/Operator series for commercial buildings. \nEvent is free (with coffee and donuts) – please register at www.be-exstl.org/owneroperatorseries.  \n2023 Building Energy Exchange Owner – Operator Series \n\nJanuary 10: Benchmarking\nFebruary 7: Incentives and Getting Buy-In\nMarch 7: Energy Audits\nApril 4: Commissioning\nMay 2: Capital Planning\nJune 6: Low Cost Operations & Maintenance\nJuly 12: Core and Shell\nAugust 1: Lighting Upgrades\nSeptember 5: Lighting Controls & Best Practices\nOctober 1: Working with Existing HVAC\nNovember 7: Getting Ready for HVAC Replacements\nDecember 5: Building Automation Systems
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/be-ex-stl-owner-operator-series-4/
LOCATION:Commerce Bank Center for Science Education (CBEC)\, 4651 Shaw\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Energy Efficiency,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230503T173000
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SUMMARY:16th Annual Green Schools Event
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW \nJoin us at the 16th Annual Green Schools Event to celebrate student-driven sustainability projects in local schools! \n\nThis free event\, which is open to the public\, is the culmination of the 2022-2023 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. Over 50 school/mentor teams are participating this school year. \nWinners will be announced at the event and participating schools will display posters detailing their projects. Several student participants will take the stage for Q&A with the emcee so that they may share their experiences and perspectives on the impact of their projects. \nAnd\, attendees will find out how they can participate in the 2023-2024 Green Schools Quest\, as schools or mentors. \nWHEN\nWednesday\, May 3\, 2023\n@ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm \nAGENDA\n5:30-6:15 pm: Appetizers\, Networking\, School Poster Displays\, Museum Galleries Open (Soccer City & Coloring STL)\n6:15-7:30 pm: Presentation: GSQ Project Showcase & Winners Announced\, Student Panel Discussion\, “Show-Me Green Schools” Intro \nWHERE\nMissouri History Museum\n5700 Lindell Blvd\nSt. Louis\, MO 63112\nENTER the building via the South Entrance (which faces the park). \nPARKING\nLimited parking is available in the two lots adjacent to the Museum\, including several accessible parking spaces. An additional 400 free parking spaces can be found in the nearby Twin Lots\, located directly across from the Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center and alongside the Dwight Davis Tennis Center. Street parking is also permitted throughout Forest Park. Keep in mind a short walk may be required. \nMETROLINK\nThe Missouri History Museum is a roughly five-minute walk south from the Forest Park-DeBaliviere MetroLink station. Head south on DeBaliviere Ave. toward Forest Park Pkwy. The Missouri History Museum will be straight ahead. You can use Metro’s Trip Planner to plan your transit in advance. \nFEE\nFree event for all attendees. This is an all ages event. \nTHANKS TO OUR GREEN SCHOOLS SPONSORS! \nGreen Schools Champion\nESCO Technologies \nGreen Schools Supporters\nAmeren Missouri\nCordogan Clark\nInnovative Technology Education Fund\nSt. Louis County Department of Public Health \nEvent Sponsors\nBRS Architects\, LLP\nSt. Louis Composting\nTotal Organics Recycling \nThis program is supported in part by the St. Louis Jefferson Solid Waste Management District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. \nConsent to Use of Photographic Images:\nRegistration/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.
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/16th-annual-green-schools-event/
LOCATION:Missouri History Museum\, 5700 Lindell Blvd.\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Green Schools
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230504T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230504T180000
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SUMMARY:Emerging Professional Happy Hour @ The Crow's Nest
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER  \nAs 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. \nWHERE: The Crow’s Nest \n7336 Manchester Rd. | St. Louis\, MO 63143\n \nReduce your carbon impact: Connect with Metro line #31 \nAll 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! \nHOSTED BY Your Engagement & Outreach Committee! \nREGISTER NOW \nQUESTIONS? \nContact Missouri Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org or (314) 577-0854 \nCONSENT TO USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE\nRegistration/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.
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/emerging-professional-happy-hour-a-local-gda-certified-location-3/
LOCATION:The Crow’s Nest\, 7336 Manchester Rd.\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Emerging Professionals
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars: LEED Communities Deploying Regenerative Solutions
DESCRIPTION: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! \nThese courses are available for anyone to attend\, but are free to local or company USGBC members. That includes Missouri Gateway Green Building Council members! To request a code to register for for free – or to request a link to register for all sessions at once – please reach out to your MO Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org.  \nREGISTER FOR THE MAY 5 WEBINAR \n\nJanuary:  Tales from Successful LEED Certification Reviews\nFebruary:  ESG Priorities of LEED Communities\nMarch:  From Risk to Resilience: Building a healthier\, more resilient future\nApril:  Preparing the Workforce for a Clean Energy Economy: LEED Cities Advancing a Just Transition\nMay:  LEED Communities Deploying Regenerative Solutions\nJune:  Social Equity as a Driver for Neighborhood Development: Embracing Community Engagement\nJuly:  Prioritizing Nature for Equity and Resilience\nAugust:  Leveraging LEED v4.1 Residential into Building Healthy and High Performance Sustainable Homes\nSeptember:  Putting Principles Into Action: the Future of LEED\nOctober:  Building the Future: Addressing Decarbonization\, Zero Waste\, and ESG Goals for Construction\nNovember:  Financing Communities: Racing towards Zero for the Triple Bottom Line\nDecember:  Electrification\, Decarbonization and LEED\n\nPlease note: programs are currently being finalized and may be subject to change\, topics will still be similar\, all programs will be LEED-Specific.
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-4/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230509T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230509T193000
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SUMMARY:Evening Program: Carbon Positive Solutions Showcase
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW! \nView a list of event attendees \nWe know that buildings have a big impact on greenhouse gas emissions and our carbon footprint. We also know that buildings’ impact can be mitigated through energy efficiency\, renewable energy and smarter material choices. But how can buildings have a positive impact beyond just doing less harm? Join us for a Carbon Positive Solutions Showcase\, inspired by Project Drawdown\, to learn about two methodologies that can make our buildings climate solutions – bamboo as a structural alternative to timber and decarbonizing concrete. Both bamboo and alternative cement are listed as solutions in Project Drawdown – ranking as the 35th and 36th most effective solutions (out of 100). \nSPEAKERS \nInnovate Bamboo: Bamboo poles as a sustainable structural material alternative for contemporary innovative mid-span design \nBy Wyly Brown AIA\, NCARB\, ByAK (Bavarian Architecture Guild)\, Founding partner at LBGO Architekten and Assistant Professor at Washington University\nProfessor Brown will explore timber bamboo poles as a fast-growing\, carbon negative\, and easy to process structural alternative to conventional timber and metal trusses for use in Central and North American applications. Costa Rica has been using bamboo vernacularly as low-cost structural building material for centuries. Few\, if any\, studies\, have been conducted and disseminated that demonstrate the viability of Costa Rican grown timber bamboo for applications that require compliance with structural standards and codes. Working with the experience of Costa Rican bamboo builders\, the engineering know-how of the Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC)\, the Sam Fox School at Washington University is designing and assessing the viability of truss assemblies made of bamboo poles\, as well as the structural properties of the material itself\, including what species of bamboo are able to grow in our region. \n\nNegative Emission Cementitious Materials Toward Zero-Carbon Concrete \nBy Hongyan Ma\, Francisco Benavides Scholar and Associate Professor at Missouri University of Science & Technology\nProfessor Ma will discuss two types of negative-emission cementitious materials. One assumes Portland cement serves as the dominant binder for making concrete\, and the other intends to replace Portland cement 100% percent towards overall carbon negativity. Professor Ma was recently tapped by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to lead a $2 million grant project related to critical minerals and clean energy\, which aims to use silicate materials from mining waste for carbon capture and storage purposes. \nSPEAKER BIOS \n\nWyly Brown is a founding partner of Leupold Brown Goldbach Architekten (LBGO architects). He holds a Bachelors of Art in Anthropology\, and he spent a number of years researching the connection between cultures and monuments through the reconstruction of full-scale\, functional objects. Past projects include the reconstruction of Finnish reindeer-pulled sledges\, Egyptian obelisks\, British siege-engines\, and Medieval man-powered cranes. In addition to his professional practice\, Brown has taught parametric design and fabrication methods at the Chair for Architectural Informatics of the Technical University Munich in Germany and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the Boston area\, and now is full time faculty at the Washington University in St Louis. His current research focus is on exploring Bamboo as an alternative sustainable structural material for use in temperate climates such as St. Louis\, and elsewhere in the United States.\nHongyan Ma is an associate professor of civil\, architectural and environmental engineering in Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T). He received his Bachelor’s degree in Inorganic Non-metallic Material Engineering and Bachelor’s degree in Law from Chongqing University (China)\, Master’s degree in Structural Engineering from Shenzhen University (China)\, and PhD in Civil Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST\, 2013). Professor Ma’s current research interests include next-generation cements\, functional materials\, biotechnology in construction\, smart systems for testing and evaluation\, multi-scale characterization and modeling of concrete properties\, concrete deterioration and damage mitigation. He has published over 70 refereed papers\, of which 66 appear on international journals. He is an editorial board member of three journals\, and an active reviewer for 40 prestigious journals\, including Cement and Concrete Research\, Cement & Concrete Composites\, Construction and Building Materials\, Journal of Physical Chemistry C\, PCCP\, Applied Energy\, and ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.\n\nREGISTER NOW! \nADMISSION\nFree – Members of Missouri Gateway Green Building Council and full time students / please note – you must be logged into your account to receive the free member pricing! \n$25.00 – NON-Members \nTHANKS TO OUR EVENT SPONSOR \n\n  \n  \n  \nCONTINUING EDUCATION\nSubmitted for 1 AIA CES/LU \nLearning Objectives:  \n\nDescribe and question sustainable effectiveness of current conventional building material choices\, specifically related to their carbon footprint.\nExplore opportunities available for alternative sustainable building materials.\nAnalyze two types of negative-emissions cementitious materials – one assuming Portland cement as the dominant binder for making concrete and the other intending to replace Portland cement to reach carbon negativity.  \nExamine viability of timber Bamboo as a structural material and discuss permaculture as a means to reduce the distance from building material production to final installation.\n\nCONSENT TO USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES\nThis event will be recorded and shared on our website. 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. \nAIA CES PROVIDER STATEMENT\nMissouri Gateway Green Building Council is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number R341. All registered AIA CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider or this learning program may be sent to AIA CES (cessupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837\, Option 3). This learning program is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such\, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling\, using\, distributing\, or dealing in any material or product. AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/evening-program-carbon-positive-showcase/
LOCATION:Washington University – Umrath Lounge\, 6475 Forsyth Blvd\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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SUMMARY:City of Columbia Sustainability Office Presentation
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \nCity of Columbia Sustainability Manager\, Eric Hempel\, invites the community to this update regarding the Climate Action & Adaptation Plan’s goals\, and the results of a recent vulnerability analysis. The Office’s ongoing work toward equitable solutions for community resiliency is on the agenda as well. Co-sponsored by the MO Gateway Green Building Council and the DBRL Sustainability Committee.\nHOSTS\nMid-Missouri Branch of Missouri Gateway Green Building Council \nQUESTIONS? \nContact Chris Ruth at chrisr@intfs.com. \nCONSENT TO USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE\nRegistration/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. \nREGISTER NOW \n 
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/como-sustain-office/
LOCATION:Daniel Boone Regional Library\, 100 W. Broadway\, Columbia\, MO\, 65201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Branches,Featured
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SUMMARY:LEED Building Tour - Discovery Center
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \n\nJoin us for a tour of Discovery Center in Springfield\, MO and learn about the green features that contributed to LEED Gold Certification. \nHOSTS\nOzark Branch of Missouri Gateway Green Building Council \nQUESTIONS? \nContact Chris Ruth at chrisr@intfs.com. \nCONSENT TO USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE\nRegistration/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. \nREGISTER NOW \n 
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/leed-building-tour-discovery-center/
LOCATION:Discovery Center\, 438 E. St. Louis St.\, Springfield\, MO\, 65806
CATEGORIES:Branches,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230519T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230519T103000
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SUMMARY:Coffee Break - Regenerative Design Framework
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER \nView a YouTube Recording of this Coffee Break!  \nHot Topic: Regenerative Design Framework\nRegenerative design moves beyond basic high-performance goals towards net-positive impacts with metric-driven targets which consider the project in its broader context. Join us to learn more about HDR’s Regenerative Design Framework\, which creates a way to visualize and measure the key performance indicators that a project team sets for a project\, existing benchmarks\, and what modeling indicates as the level of performance that should be achieved when the project opens in the future. \nFeatured Guest: Colin Rohlfing\, Associate AIA\, LEED AP BD+C\nVice President\, Director of Sustainable Development at HDR\nColin is an industry expert on Sustainable and Regenerative Design and is the Director of Sustainable Development for HDR’s Global Architecture practice. He facilitates sustainable design integration among all departments and business units and is involved in refining the firm’s design process through the creation of new sustainable tools and processes. Over the past 20 years\, Colin has held various design and leadership roles\, as well as being actively involved with President Obama’s Export Council Sustainability Committee\, USGBC\, American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment\, Biomimicry Guild and International Living Future Institute. He is an active speaker with over 100 speaking engagements throughout the globe. Colin has been recognized on Building Design + Construction magazine’s and Design Futures Council’s “40 Under 40” lists and Engineering News-Record magazine’s “20 Under 40” list. \nREGISTER  \nNeed 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!\nView previous LIVE Missouri Gateway Green Building Council Coffee Breaks on our YouTube Channel.  \nConsent to use photographic images: \nThis event will be recorded and shared on our website. 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.
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/coffee-break-third-friday-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230524T083000
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SUMMARY:Benchmarking 101 + Help Session - May 2023
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER for this FREE Benchmarking 101 and Help Session!\nPresented in partnership with Building Energy Exchange St. Louis & the City of St. Louis’ Office of Building Performance \nWe will start with a presentation to cover the basics of benchmarking\, how to use the free\, online benchmarking tool ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager\, provide an overview of the City of St. Louis’ benchmarking requirements and how to report data to the City. Then we’ll break to provide one-on-one assistance with benchmarking your building’s energy and water use. See below for what you should bring if you need one-on-one assistance! \nPlease note: this presentation is free and open to anyone who wants to learn about benchmarking and saving money on energy bills. You need not own a building in the City of St. Louis to attend – you can even bring your home energy bill to practice benchmarking! \nWhat is Benchmarking?\nBenchmarking is the process of tracking your building’s energy and/or water use and comparing your performance to similar buildings and to past performance. Benchmarking is the first step in determining how to conserve resources\, reduce operating costs\, and reduce environmental impacts. ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager is the tool that the City of St. Louis and many\, many other use for benchmarking a building’s energy\, water and waste. It is a free and secure online tool that tracks energy and water consumption\, as well as greenhouse gas emissions. Any building can use ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to understand their energy\, water\, and waste performance – schools\, governments\, congregations\, businesses and retail stores. \nAbout the City of St. Louis’s Building Energy Awareness Ordinance (Benchmarking Requirements) \nOn January 27\, 2017\, the City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen unanimously passed an energy benchmarking ordinance that requires municipal\, institutional\, commercial and multifamily residential buildings whose square footage is equal to or greater than 50\,000 to track and report their energy and water usage annually to the City’s Building Division (Office of Building Performance). Privately owned buildings are required to benchmark and submit data by May 1 of each year using the free\, online tool ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. Full details about the Building Energy Awareness Ordinance are available at www.stlbenchmarking.com. \nREGISTER \nTo Bring if You Need Assistance with Benchmarking:\nIn order for this event to be a success\, each building representative needing one-on-one assistance should bring: \n\nLaptop or Tablet\nEnergy Use Data – Attendees should bring at least 13 consecutive months of utility bills for all fuel types used in the building. Bring the number of units of each energy type used\, not just the dollar amount of the utility fee.\n\nAccess historical utility data using your past bills\, or by setting up accounts on your utility websites: www.amerenmissouri.com and www.spireenergy.com.\n\n\nWater Use Data: Attendees should bring water usage and cost data for a period that covers at least 13 consecutive months\n\nAccess historical utility data using your past bills\, or by setting up an account on the St. Louis City Water Division’s website: www.stlwater.com\n\n\nProperty Use Details:\n\nAll properties:\nProperty Name\nProperty Address\nTotal Gross Floor Area of Property. Don’t know your GFA? Check St. Louis City’s Property Database.\nYear Built\nAdditional required information varies by building type. Refer to ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager’s Data Collection Worksheet.\n\n\n\nConsent to Use of Photographic Images:\nRegistration/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.
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/benchmarking-101-help-session/
LOCATION:Commerce Bank Center for Science Education (CBEC)\, 4651 Shaw\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Energy Efficiency,Featured
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