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    EP Happy Hour with Missouri Gateway Chapter Members @ Urban Chestnut Midtown Brewery and Biergarten

    Emerging Professional Happy Hour @ a local GDA certified location!
    Urban Chestnut Midtown Brewery and Biergarten 3229 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO, United States

    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.

  • Evening Program – Annual Green Building Showcase

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    St. Louis Community College - Meramec Campus 11333 Big Bend Rd, St. Louis, MO, United States

    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

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    Coffee Break – Building a Resilient Power System

    Coffee Break – Third Friday
    Virtual Event via Zoom

    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

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    Coffee Break – ESG Strategies in Global Footwear

    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

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    Coffee Break – Community-Based Flood Mitigation in University City

    Coffee Break – Third Friday
    Virtual Event via Zoom

    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

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    Coffee Break – Sustainable Investing – a personalized, purpose-driven way to invest

    Coffee Break – Third Friday
    Virtual Event via Zoom

    REGISTER NOW! HOT TOPIC: Sustainable Investing – a personalized, purpose-driven way to invest. Hear from featured guest Robin M. Diedrich, as she discusses the connection between ESG and sustainable investing. FEATURED SPEAKERS: Robin M. Diedrich, CPA, CFA, CFP®, Head of Sustainable Investing, Edward Jones Robin Diedrich leads Sustainable Investing at Edward Jones, building a sustainable investment offering for the firm's wealth management strategy. She provides strategic direction and thought leadership in collaboration with Edward Jones' leaders and stakeholders to create the advice, planning, products and services for clients who wish to invest sustainably to meet their personal goals. Diedrich has 30 years of investment experience in equity markets, applying the firm's investment philosophy to decisions and recommendations for Edward Jones' clients. She most recently served as a director in Securities Research leading an analyst team covering the consumer, communications, energy and technology sectors and was responsible for managing the Equity Income Buy List dividend portfolio and helping develop Edward Jones' advice and guidance for Sustainable Investing. Diedrich is a member of the CFA Society of St. Louis and the CFA Institute. In 2022, she earned the CFA ESG Certification. She is active in the community serving on the board of… Continue Reading Coffee Break – Sustainable Investing – a personalized, purpose-driven way to invest

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    GPRO Operations + Maintenance (O+M) Essentials Training

    Commerce Bank Center for Science Education (CBEC) 4651 Shaw, St. Louis, MO, United States

    What type of lighting is best for your building – LED, fluorescent, or halogen? How do you detect and fix hidden leaks in mechanical systems? Efficient operations and smart maintenance in buildings reduces operating costs and increases occupancy rates and tenant satisfaction. GPRO O+M Essentials provides building professionals with strategies to improve efficiency, comfort, and health in our existing buildings. Participants leave with at least three immediately actionable measures and the next steps needed to achieve them. This course is ideal for property managers and building staff in multifamily residential and commercial buildings, including: building superintendents, operators, facility and property managers, operating engineers and stationary engineers.

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    Emerging Professional Happy Hour @ Eclipse Restaurant

    Emerging Professional Happy Hour @ a local GDA certified location!
    Eclipse Restaurant @ The Moonrise Hotel 6177 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO, United States

    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: Eclipse Restaurant Reduce your carbon impact: From downtown, take the Metro Red Line to the Delmar Loop stop.  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.

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    2023 Fall Member Social

    Anova 1424 Talmage Ave, St. Louis, MO, United States

    REGISTER NOW! Join us for our Fall Member Social, hosted by Anova and your Engagement & Outreach Committee! We are excited to visit Anova’s office in The Grove! Anova Furnishings designs and manufactures outdoor furniture that helps customers achieve sustainability and LEED certification goals. Join us to network with your green building community and get a behind-the-scenes peak at Anova's facility and fabrication process! Schedule: 8:00 am – Registration, breakfast & networking 8:15 am – Remarks from Anova & your committee chairs / Launch of T-shirt design contest 8:30 am – Tours of the Anova fabrication facility, engagement activities & T-shirt design stations 9:15 am – Door Prize Drawing – Must be present to win! 9:30 am – Adjourn Admission is FREE for active Missouri Gateway Green Building Council Members.                                                                                Not a member? What are you waiting for?! Join or renew now!  Thanks to our Member Social host! Parking: Anova is located on Talmadge, right next to Rockwell Beer Company. There… Continue Reading 2023 Fall Member Social