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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinar - Making Zero Emissions Buildings the New Normal
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2025 – but this year with a twist! We’ll still gather online over midday on the First Friday of each month for leading-edge education\, but in 2025\, we’ll alternate live education sessions with highly rated\, previously recorded sessions from past USGBC programming. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE JULY 11 WEBINAR \nJuly 11 | Making Zero Emissions Buildings the New Normal\n \nThis session examines the enabling factors making zero carbon buildings possible\, how USGBC and our members are leading the way and making zero carbon buildings possible\, the current policy and market drivers\, and what future developments to watch for. \nEvery day\, more owners are committing to zero carbon emission goals\, and more buildings are achieving these conditions — for example\, there are well over 100 LEED Zero certified projects around the globe. Making zero emission buildings a reality has happened through steady and intentional efforts. USGBC\, members\, and government agencies have promoted and incentivized best practices for buildings –high levels of efficiency\, use of renewable energy\, and reducing harmful refrigerant leaks – which form the core of zero emission buildings. Building on this\, recent advances and rapid adoption of technologies such as heat pumps\, along with the lower cost of renewable energy and decarbonizing grids\, have become key factors in creating more zero emission buildings. \nThe National Definition for Zero Emission Building\, local ordinances\, and other policies are poised to further accelerate zero emission buildings. Market forces\, led by global policy and investor interests\, are influencing increased corporate commitments. Speakers will explain the interplay among these drivers\, and new tools like LEED v5\, in creating momentum and a broad transformation – and how early efforts are playing out. In light of the proliferation of “zero” and “aligned” terminology in the market\, speakers will untangle the key terms and components to aid understanding and accountability. \nAchieving zero emissions will take different approaches for existing buildings as compared to new\, as well as vary by region. Creating carbon reduction plans for buildings and portfolios is becoming critical. The session will highlight the role of governments and nonprofits in supporting quality plans with new resources such as the forthcoming USGBC-ASHRAE guide. \nThe session also highlights developments on the horizon for zero carbon buildings\, namely incorporation of embodied carbon measurement and reduction. Speakers will explain the state of play of efforts to align embodied carbon and whole life carbon approaches. \nREGISTER FOR THE JULY 11 WEBINAR \n\nFebruary 7 | Live | Green Careers\, Bright Futures: Strategies for Success in the Sustainability and Advanced Energy Workforce Pipeline\nMarch 7 | LEED v5 as a Tool for Decarbonizing the Built Environment\nApril 4 | Live  | Implementing LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance Worldwide\nMay 2 | New Launch for Real Estate Portfolios: Accelerating Action\, Performance\, and Verification\nJune 6 | Live | Green Finance Tools and Resources\nJuly 11 | Making Zero Emissions Buildings the New Normal\nAugust 1 | Live | LEEDv5 Updates and Discussion\nSeptember 5 | Digging into SITES\nOctober 3 | Live | TRUE Total Resource Management\nNovember 7 | Equity at Scale: Exploring LEED’s Role in Creating More Just Buildings and Communities\nDecember 5 | Live | Information Forthcoming\nJanuary 2026 | Getting Green for Green: Using Sustainable Finance Strategies for Green Building Investments
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-17-4/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinar - Green Finance Tools and Resources
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2025 – but this year with a twist! We’ll still gather online over midday on the First Friday of each month for leading-edge education\, but in 2025\, we’ll alternate live education sessions with highly rated\, previously recorded sessions from past USGBC programming. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE JUNE 6 WEBINAR \nJune 6 | Live | Green Finance Tools and Resources | Speaker: Trevyr Meade \nREGISTER FOR THE JUNE 6 WEBINAR \n2025 Schedule \n\nJuly 11 | Making Zero Emissions Buildings the New Normal\nAugust 1 | Live | LEEDv5 Updates and Discussion\nSeptember 5 | Digging into SITES\nOctober 3 | Live | TRUE Total Resource Management\nNovember 7 | Equity at Scale: Exploring LEED’s Role in Creating More Just Buildings and Communities\nDecember 5 | Live | Information Forthcoming\nJanuary 2026 | Getting Green for Green: Using Sustainable Finance Strategies for Green Building Investments
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-17-3/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20250410T213444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T165841Z
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SUMMARY:Green Building Break - Prefabricated Straw Bale Panel Construction - right here in Missouri!
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW \n\nJoin your Missouri Gateway Green Building Council for a virtual Green Building Break and an opportunity to learn about the sustainability benefits of straw bale  construction and prefabricated straw bale panel construction that’s happening in Columbia\, MO!  \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Adrienne Stolwyk\, Monarch Architecture\, LLC \nAdrienne is a licensed architect in Columbia\, Missouri and owner of Monarch Architecture\, LLC\, focusing primarily on custom residential and high-performance design. A long-time straw bale construction enthusiast\, Adrienne worked on site-built straw bale construction projects in Missouri\, New Mexico\, Utah\, and her own backyard. In 2022 she and her husband\, Adam Saunders\, completed the construction of a net-positive straw-cell Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). Through these experiences\, Adrienne saw the need for a less labor intensive way of building with straw. In 2024 she and four co-owners founded Building Integrity (BI)\, LLC\, Missouri’s first producer of prefabricated straw-insulated wall\, floor\, roof panels. BI is a participant in the “Seed Collaborative” – a growing collection of businesses across the country that are learning and evolving a straw panel design developed by Vermont-based New Frameworks. Adrienne is passionate about bio-based materials’ potential for improving human health and sequestering carbon\, now with greater speed and reach from off-site prefabrication! \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n  \nIn 2024\, our Coffee Break Series transitioned to a slightly longer Green Building Break Series. These sessions will take place on the 3rd or 4th Fridays from 12:00pm-1:00pm\, varying between in person tours and Zoom webinars. Join for a free learning lunch break discussing green building and sustainability hot topics with local\, national\, and sometimes international featured guests! Check our CoffeeBreakPlaylist on YouTube for recordings of past sessions. \nCode of Conduct:Missouri Gateway Green Building Council (MGGBC) is committed to providing a safe\, productive\, inclusive\, and welcoming environment for all participants attending our events in person or virtually. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination in any form. We aim to provide opportunities for open dialogue and exchange of green building & sustainability ideas and promote full participation and belonging for all participants. Discrimination and harassment include unwelcome\, exclusionary behavior because of gender or gender identity\, race\, ethnicity\, nationality\, religion\, sexual orientation\, disability\, marital status\, veteran status\, age\, citizenship\, language\, political or other opinion\, physical appearance\, economic status\, and/or other identities. MGGBC expects everyone participating in its events and discussions\, including Board Members\, Committee Members\, Volunteers\, Members\, Staff\, and Guests to comply with this Code of Conduct. It is the responsibility of all participants to help ensure a safe environment for everybody. Individuals violating this Code of Conduct will be asked to leave. \nConsent to use photographic images: This 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/strawbalepanelconstruction/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinar - New Launch for Real Estate Portfolios: Accelerating Action\, Performance\, and Verification
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2025 – but this year with a twist! We’ll still gather online over midday on the First Friday of each month for leading-edge education\, but in 2025\, we’ll alternate live education sessions with highly rated\, previously recorded sessions from past USGBC programming. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE MAY 2 WEBINAR \nMay 2 | New Launch for Real Estate Portfolios: Accelerating Action\, Performance\, and Verification \nThe urgency of global challenges requires the green building community to accelerate action across new and existing building portfolios. To achieve sustainable and resilience commitments\, USGBC and GBCI are scaling our expertise and products to support not just buildings\, but entire real estate portfolios. \nUSGBC and GBCI have gathered expertise from more than 100 real estate portfolio owners and managers to launch a third-party verification of key sustainability performance metrics for real estate portfolios. In the first of several planned releases\, the new verification provides a supplement to the rapidly evolving sustainability and climate reporting landscape. \nThis session features practical insights and tools from portfolio managers across diverse building types and new tools to drive large-scale improvements at the portfolio-level. Attendees will hear on-the-ground examples of how portfolios are making progress towards short- and long-term goals and the benefits of providing verified transparency to their stakeholders. \nBuilding portfolios looking to scale up their work should attend this session\, especially for small—to medium-sized organizations\, asset managers\, business units or brands\, privately held portfolios\, and public sector portfolios. \nREGISTER FOR THE MAY 2 WEBINAR \n2025 Schedule \n\nJune 6 | Live | Green Finance Tools and Resources\nJuly 11 | Making Zero Emissions Buildings the New Normal\nAugust 1 | Live | LEEDv5 Updates and Discussion\nSeptember 5 | Digging into SITES\nOctober 3 | Live | TRUE Total Resource Management\nNovember 7 | Equity at Scale: Exploring LEED’s Role in Creating More Just Buildings and Communities\nDecember 5 | Live | Information Forthcoming\nJanuary 2026 | Getting Green for Green: Using Sustainable Finance Strategies for Green Building Investments
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-17-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250404T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250404T130000
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - Implementing LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance Worldwide
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2025 – but this year with a twist! We’ll still gather online over midday on the First Friday of each month for leading-edge education\, but in 2025\, we’ll alternate live education sessions with highly rated\, previously recorded sessions from past USGBC programming. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE APRIL WEBINAR \nApril 4 | Implementing LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance Worldwide \nThis session is for those that want to know about the what\, why and how of LEED v5 O+M: Existing Buildings. We will share how we arrived at the current version of LEED v5 O+M\, why project teams will want to pursue LEED O+M v5 and how the rating system has international applicability. Our panelists\, Existing Buildings Consensus Committee members\, will lead attendees through the rating system highlighting lessons learned from Public Comment and the beta program\, a program where dozens of projects implemented a draft version of LEED v5 O+M over the past year. Panelists will share how the rating system will promote project teams to decarbonize\, embrace social equity\, plan for a resilient future and provide a healthy indoor environment. \nThese international presenters will share how performance metrics are staying at the core of the rating system\, how the rating systems continues encouraging a scaled impact as well as alignment with global reporting standards. Learn about the state of decarbonization and why it is so important to educate the market on elements of a good\, long-term decarbonization plans. \nParticipants will gain firsthand knowledge of practical international implementation strategies when meeting the imperatives of LEED v5 on a variety of project types and the global green building community. The session will provide an update on the direction of LEEDv5 O+M\, recertification and the various resources that will be made available for the formal launch in early 2025. \nREGISTER FOR THE APRIL WEBINAR \n2025 Schedule \n\nMay 2 | New Launch for Real Estate Portfolios: Accelerating Action\, Performance\, and Verification\nJune 6 | Live | Green Finance Tools and Resources \nJuly 11 | Making Zero Emissions Buildings the New Normal\nAugust 1 | Live | LEEDv5 Updates and Discussion\nSeptember 5 | Digging into SITES\nOctober 3 | Live | TRUE Total Resource Management\nNovember 7 | Equity at Scale: Exploring LEED’s Role in Creating More Just Buildings and Communities\nDecember 5 | Live | Information Forthcoming\nJanuary 2026 | Getting Green for Green: Using Sustainable Finance Strategies for Green Building Investments
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-16/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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SUMMARY:Green Building Break - Innovative Solutions for Green Buildings from Canada
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW \n\nJoin your Missouri Gateway Green Building Council & the Consulate General of Canada for a virtual Green Building Break and an opportunity to learn about innovative green building solutions from our neighbors in Canada! We are excited to host the following companies and presenters in this webinar\, which will be moderated by Abigail Sirevaag\, Chair Elect of our Board of Directors and Senior Sustinability Leader at Edward Jones.  \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				CarbonCure is a leader in low-carbon concrete solutions and is a semi-finalist in the $20 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE Challenge. Based out of Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia\, CarbonCure’s technology is an affordable retrofit to existing concrete plants that allows producers to recycle waste carbon dioxide (CO2) during production to make more environmentally-friendly concrete. The company applies its technologies to both ready-mix and masonry producers across North America and was awarded the 2018 Global Cleantech 100 Award. The most recent development for the company is an announcement from Thomas Concrete Inc.\, the largest independent ready-mixed producer in Georgia\, North Carolina\, and South Carolina\, who will install CarbonCure’s retrofit technology into an additional 16 ready-mix concrete plants in early 2018. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Jamie Rogers\, Senior Director of Carbon Strategies at CarbonCure Technologies \nJamie Rogers oversees development of CarbonCure’s carbon credit program and serves as a subject matter expert on climate and industrial decarbonization policies. Jamie joined CarbonCure in 2023 as Director of Public Policy. Prior to joining CarbonCure\, he was a Senior Vice President at Bank of America managing climate risk reporting and Governance. In addition\, he has worked with carbon removal advocacy organization OpenAir Collective to draft multiple state-level carbon removal bills\, including model low-carbon concrete procurement legislation that has become law in New York and New Jersey. Jamie also helped found and manage operations\, governance and policy response for the Direct Air Capture (DAC) Coalition\, the premier nonprofit dedicated to growing DAC as a viable climate change solution. Previously\, Jamie was Director of Operations at Camber Property Group\, an affordable housing development startup. Jamie has a JD from Cornell University and BA from Connecticut College. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Founded in 1986 in Surrey\, British Columbia\, Reliable Controls designs and manufactures internet connected green building controls\, also known as BACnet building automation systems\, or facility energy management systems. Between 2016-2017\, Reliable Controls expanded sales to Latin America\, Europe\, and Africa\, as well as established a training center in Singapore. Most recently\, the company unveiled its SMART-Sensor that monitors room environmental conditions and can be integrated across any third party BACnet system. The system also hosts over seven languages. Projects have been delivered by Reliable Controls across Australia\, El Salvador\, South Africa\, Malaysia\, and China\, to name a few. One of those projects\, The Port Klang Free Trade Zone\, a high-tech container port\, partnered with Reliable Controls to install a MACH-system that covers four blocks of eight-story office buildings. The system’s mechanical and electrical services interact with Reliable Controls to manage ventilation\, cold water services\, lighting\, and monitoring the status of the transformers and standby generators of the buildings. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Tom Zaban\, President at Reliable Controls \nTom is a registered professional engineer in two Canadiana provinces\, a past president of the Vancouver Island Chapter of ASHRAE\, and a LEED Green Associate. He continues to be an influential force on the design and operations team of the only LEED Platinum certified facility in his municipality and has been an enduring and passionate proponent of sustainability in the built environment. Since 1990\, he has been deeply involved in the application and design of building automation systems and an advocate of simple\, flexible\, and sustainable solutions that empower building operators. In 1996\, he became a principal of Reliable Controls Corporation\, and his unique leadership style has earned him the privilege to stand at the helm of the company as its president since 2019. Mr. Zaban views the second half of this decade as a critical period to decarbonize the built environment and welcomes any opportunity to collaborate to successfully achieve this goal. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				SHARC is a renewable energy company that specializes in recovering heat from wastewater to be used for water heating and space conditioning. After six years of research and development\, SHARC Energy Systems has moved into commercialization of its patented SHARC™ and PIRANHA™ systems. With new offices in Glasgow\, Scotland\, and successful installations across North America\, the UK\, and Australia\, SHARC Energy Systems is growing its business worldwide. One of SHARC’s recent projects is in Scotland\, where its wastewater heat exchange system works by intercepting wastewater from a town sewer line operated by Scottish Water. The technology pulls from the natural warmth contained within wastewater and transfers the heat via a heat exchanger. The recovered heat is then sent through heat pumps to generate the appropriate temperatures for use in the nearby college campus\, and supplies the majority of the college’s annual heating and hot water demand\, saving 150 tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually. The project recently won the Best Innovation Award at the Scottish Green Energy Awards. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Michael Albertson\, President & CEO at SHARC Energy \nMichael Albertson serves as President & CEO of SHARC Energy and is a renewable thermal energy expert with over 40 years of experience. A leader in Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) and district energy\, Albertson has designed and implemented thousands of geothermal and renewable energy projects globally. Previously\, he held senior roles at WaterFurnace International and contributed to advancing federal tax incentives for geothermal technologies. A former Chairman of IGSHPA\, Albertson’s expertise drives SHARC Energy’s mission to decarbonize the built environment with innovative wastewater energy transfer (WET) solutions. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				NxLite makes advanced energy control coatings for windows and window like substrates.  Our coatings are designed to keep the heat outside in the summer and cold outside in the winter.  Our chemistry is based on earth-abundant\, environmentally friendly materials and are lower cost. We are the only company in the world that offers a solar coating that is open air stable.  This means our coatings do not oxidize or corrode when exposed to oxygen. Lastly\, we are the only company in the world that can provide energy coatings on Polymeric substrates like PMMA (acrylic) and Polycarbonate. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				David Mather\, CEO & Chairman of the Board at NxLite \nDavid Mather is the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors for NxLite. As an active investor with a background in tech and growth executive leadership\, Mather brings an accomplished history of expanding and growing teams and companies to the next level. He has held senior executive positions in several major technology companies\, including Compaq Computer Corporation\, Hewlett Packard\, and Unisys. Most recently\, he served as the President and CEO of Alegion Inc.\, a leading AI software company in Austin\, TX. Prior to his roll at Alegion\, he was the CEO and President of MTPV Power Corporation\, an advanced technology company in clean energy as well as President of Hoovers Inc.\, a leading SaaS based information company and wholly owned subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet. Mather holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University and completed executive programs at both Babson College and Warton Business School. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Geosource Energy is North America’s  premier geothermal geoexchange construction specialist with an unblemished track record of system performance. Since 2004\, we pride ourselves on quality workmanship and superior client servicing helping our partners achieve exceptional long-term operational cost savings while meeting their low carbon goals. Specializing in the implementation of on-site renewable energy for the past 21 years\, we have enabled over 400 commercial buildings to improve energy performance and lower carbon emissions. With headquarters in Toronto and New York City\, Geosource provides cutting edge drilling solutions for multifamily\, healthcare\, industrial\, municipal\, and many other building asset classes. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Stan Reitsma\, CEO at Geosource Energy \nStan Reitsma\, P.Eng.\, PhD\, is currently serving as CEO and Owner of Geosource Energy Inc. and is a seasoned professional with extensive expertise in geothermal energy and environmental engineering. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University\, an M.A.Sc. In Earth Sciences\, and a B.A.Sc. in Geological Engineering from the University of Waterloo. Since Geosource’s inception in 2004\, Stan has been instrumental in pioneering geothermal drilling in North America. His ongoing research focuses on advancing drilling techniques\, heat exchangers\, building control strategies\, thermal storage solutions\, and other innovations related to geothermal systems. Geosource Energy has successfully drilled millions of feet and installed thousands of geothermal loops\, effectively operating hundreds of multi-family residential and commercial systems in Canada and the USA. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n  \nIn 2024\, our Coffee Break Series transitioned to a slightly longer Green Building Break Series. These sessions will take place on the 3rd or 4th Fridays from 12:00pm-1:00pm\, varying between in person tours and Zoom webinars. Join for a free learning lunch break discussing green building and sustainability hot topics with local\, national\, and sometimes international featured guests! Check our CoffeeBreakPlaylist on YouTube for recordings of past sessions. \nCode of Conduct:Missouri Gateway Green Building Council (MGGBC) is committed to providing a safe\, productive\, inclusive\, and welcoming environment for all participants attending our events in person or virtually. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination in any form. We aim to provide opportunities for open dialogue and exchange of green building & sustainability ideas and promote full participation and belonging for all participants. Discrimination and harassment include unwelcome\, exclusionary behavior because of gender or gender identity\, race\, ethnicity\, nationality\, religion\, sexual orientation\, disability\, marital status\, veteran status\, age\, citizenship\, language\, political or other opinion\, physical appearance\, economic status\, and/or other identities. MGGBC expects everyone participating in its events and discussions\, including Board Members\, Committee Members\, Volunteers\, Members\, Staff\, and Guests to comply with this Code of Conduct. It is the responsibility of all participants to help ensure a safe environment for everybody. Individuals violating this Code of Conduct will be asked to leave. \nConsent to use photographic images: This 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/innovativesolutionsforgreenbuildings/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinar - LEED v5 as a Tool for Decarbonizing the Built Environment
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2025 – but this year with a twist! We’ll still gather online over midday on the First Friday of each month for leading-edge education\, but in 2025\, we’ll alternate live education sessions with highly rated\, previously recorded sessions from past USGBC programming. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE MARCH WEBINAR \nMarch 7 | LEED v5 as a Tool for Decarbonizing the Built Environment\nLEED v5 prioritizes decarbonization. This session will describe how LEED’s newest rating system was redesigned to provide users with a framework for decarbonizing the built environment and to put buildings on a 1.5 degree Celsius pathway. \nBuilding design\, construction\, and operations have a dominant impact on global carbon emissions because of the scale of the building sector and its range of emission sources. Direct impacts include emissions from energy used in buildings\, refrigerant emissions\, and emissions from the creation of products used in buildings. And indirect impacts include the emissions from transportation going to and from buildings. \nAs a multi-attribute certification\, LEED is uniquely well-positioned to address all the emissions impacted by building design and operations. LEED v5 has been crafted to be as effective as possible at reducing carbon emissions from all sources and to provide buildings with an intuitive recipe for achieving those reductions. \nJoin key technical contributors to LEED v5 as they provide an overview of the LEED Building Design and Construction rating system\, an introduction to the LEED v5 impact areas\, and how LEED v5 was redesigned to deliver ultra-low carbon buildings. \nREGISTER FOR THE MARCH WEBINAR \n2025 Schedule \n\nFebruary 7 | Live | Green Careers\, Bright Futures: Strategies for Success in the Sustainability and Advanced Energy Workforce Pipeline\nMarch 7 | LEED v5 as a Tool for Decarbonizing the Built Environment\nApril 4 | Live  | Digging into SITES \nMay 2 | New Launch for Real Estate Portfolios: Accelerating Action\, Performance\, and Verification\nJune 6 | Live | Green Finance Tools and Resources\nJuly 11 | Implementing LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance Worldwide \nAugust 1 | Live | LEEDv5 Updates and Discussion\nSeptember 5 | Making Zero Emissions Buildings the New Normal\nOctober 3 | Live | TRUE Total Resource Management\nNovember 7 | Equity at Scale: Exploring LEED’s Role in Creating More Just Buildings and Communities\nDecember 5 | Live | Information Forthcoming\nJanuary 2026 | Getting Green for Green: Using Sustainable Finance Strategies for Green Building Investments
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-15/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T220718Z
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinar - Green Careers\, Bright Futures: Strategies for Success in the Sustainability and Advanced Energy Workforce Pipeline
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2025 – but this year with a twist! We’ll still gather online over midday on the First Friday of each month for leading-edge education\, but in 2025\, we’ll alternate live education sessions with highly rated\, previously recorded sessions from past USGBC programming. 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!  \nAccess 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. \n2025 First Friday Webinar Sessions \n\nFebruary 7 | Live | Green Careers\, Bright Futures: Strategies for Success in the Sustainability and Advanced Energy Workforce Pipeline\nMarch 7 | LEED v5 as a Tool for Decarbonizing the Built Environment\nApril 4 | Live  | Digging into SITES \nMay 2 | New Launch for Real Estate Portfolios: Accelerating Action\, Performance\, and Verification\nJune 6 | Live | Green Finance Tools and Resources\nJuly 11 | Implementing LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance Worldwide \nAugust 1 | Live | LEEDv5 Updates and Discussion\nSeptember 5 | Making Zero Emissions Buildings the New Normal\nOctober 3 | Live | TRUE Total Resource Management\nNovember 7 | Equity at Scale: Exploring LEED’s Role in Creating More Just Buildings and Communities\nDecember 5 | Live | Information Forthcoming\nJanuary 2026 | Getting Green for Green: Using Sustainable Finance Strategies for Green Building Investments
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-14/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250110T130000
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CREATED:20240723T205419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241210T225438Z
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE JANUARY WEBINAR \nInclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design\nWhat is new in LEED v5? And how will this impact human health and wellbeing? It’s critical to note that LEED v5 recognizes that climate change will be the largest threat to human health. As such\, LEED v5\, particularly the indoor environmental quality category\, supports adaptation for current and future climate through the use of future weather files and the careful identification of vulnerable populations. LEED v5 prioritizes air quality transparency along with improved air quality monitoring strategies for both indoor and outdoor air. Once LEED projects consider and adapt to pressing physiological health threats\, they can also prioritize designing for mental health and wellness. By incorporating more universal and inclusive design principles\, LEED will empower projects to design for physically and mentally diverse populations. This not only means improving access to spaces and amenities throughout the building\, but also approaching existing strategies\, like acoustic design\, thermal comfort\, and lighting through a new lens. \nLEED v5 is deeply focused on identifying and alleviating the actual\, most critical threats to occupant physical health. That said\, the next version of LEED considers mental health and wellness more in-depth than ever before. Through new strategies\, like biophilic and universal design\, and improvements to existing strategies\, like daylight\, quality views and thermal comfort\, mental health and wellbeing will be at the forefront of LEED going forward and this session will demonstrate how. \nREGISTER FOR THE JANUARY WEBINAR \n\nFebruary: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology\nMarch: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity\nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-13/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2025 – but this year with a twist! We’ll still gather online over midday on the First Friday of each month for leading-edge education\, but in 2025\, we’ll alternate live education sessions with highly rated\, previously recorded sessions from past USGBC programming. 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!  \nAccess 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. \n\nFebruary 7 | Live | Green Careers\, Bright Futures: Strategies for Success in the Sustainability and Advanced Energy Workforce Pipeline\nMarch 7 | LEED v5 as a Tool for Decarbonizing the Built Environment\nApril 4 | Live  | Digging into SITES \nMay 2 | New Launch for Real Estate Portfolios: Accelerating Action\, Performance\, and Verification\nJune 6 | Live | Green Finance Tools and Resources\nJuly 11 | Implementing LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance Worldwide \nAugust 1 | Live | LEEDv5 Updates and Discussion\nSeptember 5 | Making Zero Emissions Buildings the New Normal\nOctober 3 | Live | TRUE Total Resource Management\nNovember 7 | Equity at Scale: Exploring LEED’s Role in Creating More Just Buildings and Communities\nDecember 5 | Live | Information Forthcoming\nJanuary 2026 | Getting Green for Green: Using Sustainable Finance Strategies for Green Building Investments
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE DECEMBER WEBINAR \nBeneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nBeneficial Electrification has emerged as a driving force in decarbonizing our built environment and is a priority area for USGBC. Some of the newest builds are being designed without option to use fossil fuels\, but what does this mean for our building stock\, our grid\, and our northern climates. This pragmatic discussion explores the near-term hurdles and the solutions coming to the market. The panelists discuss the ways in which LEED credits for LEED v4.1 BD+C and O+M support project electrification goals and how those goals support LEED certification. Real world projects\, practices\, research\, and resources guide this education session. \nREGISTER FOR THE DECEMBER WEBINAR \n\nFebruary: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology\nMarch: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity\nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-12/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE NOVEMBER WEBINAR \nImplementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nIn this session\, members from the LEED Consensus Committee for Existing Buildings share how the newest version of LEED\, LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\, integrates Future of LEED principles. They present how performance metrics are staying at the core of the rating system to continue to encourage a scaled impact and alignment with global reporting standards. Session attendees will learn about decarbonization planning and why it is so important to educate the market on elements of a good\, long-term decarbonization plan. Panelists will present how equity and resilience have been incorporated into v5 and ways that LEED O+M continues to recognize a healthy indoor environment. \nREGISTER FOR THE NOVEMBER WEBINAR \n\nFebruary: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology\nMarch: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity\nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-11/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241004T130000
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CREATED:20240723T204813Z
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - LEED Zero Project Profiles
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE OCTOBER WEBINAR \nLEED Zero Project Profiles\nWith sustainability and healthy building goals now business prerequisites\, resiliency\, utility and resource consumption\, greenhouse gas emissions\, and material management from buildings have taken on a new importance. This session explores how LEED Zero boosts your LEED certification and supports your decarbonization and energy\, water and waste balance goals. A complement to the LEED rating system\, LEED Zero recognizes projects that have reached net zero status in the categories of carbon\, energy\, water\, and/or waste. Learn from real world projects achieving their goal of reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change and risk through the LEED Zero program. The panel explores opportunities and challenges of LEED Zero while diving into some of the more technical aspects. This session features three projects from across the US focused on LEED Zero Energy\, LEED Zero Carbon\, and LEED Zero Waste. \nREGISTER FOR THE OCTOBER WEBINAR \n\nFebruary: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology\nMarch: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity\nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-10/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240906T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240723T203820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240723T204611Z
UID:10000234-1725624000-1725627600@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER WEBINAR \nLooking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nHistoric buildings are an integral part of the built environment that have historical\, cultural\, social\, and economic value. The act of preserving historic structures\, landmarks\, and landscapes is a gift to future generations\, so that they may appreciate the rich and complex foundation on which modern society has been built. Green buildings are typically thought of as ones newly built\, but many historic buildings can be just as sustainable if they are properly maintained and operated. Moreover\, incorporating an existing building into a development project is a green building strategy. All kinds of buildings and spaces enhance their energy efficiency\, indoor air quality and other sustainable features through LEED certification. \nThis session will explore four projects that used LEED certification to support sustainable adaptive reuse.. Speakers representing the projects’ multidisciplinary teams will investigate their approaches to building design\, systems\, materials\, and other elements of deep-energy retrofits\, while respecting the legacies of these existing buildings. Learn how these projects can serve as models for historic preservation and adaptive reuse around the country. \nREGISTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER WEBINAR \n\nFebruary: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology\nMarch: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity\nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-9/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240802T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240802T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240723T140802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240723T141538Z
UID:10000233-1722600000-1722603600@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE AUGUST WEBINAR \nExceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nIn this webinar\, developers and consultants offer insights into how they utilize LEED for Communities rating system to support their own and clients’ ESG priorities and climate commitments. They provide examples of successful ESG reporting and continuous improvements using LEED for Communities\, clearly demonstrating how to expand the benefits of using this tool by linking it to the performance of environmental and social aspects. \nThe LEED for Communities rating system offers a credible framework for corporations\, developers\, real estate companies and investors to navigate complexities of ESG issues\, make improvements\, and support decisions. It requires district\, neighborhood and community scale projects to report on energy\, emissions\, water\, waste\, transportation\, social equity\, and quality of life within performance prerequisites. \nIn this webinar\, developers clearly outline how their organization established a concrete sustainability strategy\, then structured and aligned actions\, initiatives\, challenges\, and commitments. That strategy allowed them to understand the needs and expectations of all of their stakeholders\, including the communities they serve. Utilizing the LEED for Communities rating system\, they were able to validate their sustainability priorities and embrace new strategies and technologies to accomplish commitments to comprehensive sustainability. \nREGISTER FOR THE AUGUST WEBINAR \n  \n\nFebruary: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology\nMarch: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity\nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-8/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240712T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240712T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240610T211631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240702T160918Z
UID:10000232-1720785600-1720789200@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE JULY 12 WEBINAR \nSmart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nThe year is 2030. High-performance\, grid-interactive efficient buildings with multiple-objective optimization have become more common. They are helping LEED projects realize the promise of sustainability\, resilience\, and healthy environmental performance by leveraging more integrated building systems. This session features a mock charrette set in a future scenario to illustrate how the green building industry may evolve in the coming years. \nThe building industry is on the verge of a massive digital transformation\, with double-digit growth in the billions estimated for the smart building ecosystem. The shift to center system integration will reshape industry processes\, transform professional roles\, and expose workforce and knowledge gaps across each project phase. \nJoin industry leaders in exploring opportunities to advance how intelligent buildings can support climate\, health\, equity\, and resilience. Attendees had the opportunity to participate in a future forecasting exercise and inform our shared vision of how the industry will evolve. \nREGISTER FOR THE JULY 12 WEBINAR \n\nFebruary: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology\nMarch: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity\nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-7/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240607T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240607T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240524T191204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T191616Z
UID:10000231-1717761600-1717765200@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE JUNE 7 WEBINAR \nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJoin us for a webinar exploring the overlay of LEED EB+OM and WELL Health-Safety certification through the study case of the Children’s Museum of Cleveland (CMC). Originally constructed in 1866\, CMC earned LEED Platinum certification under LEED v4.1 EB+OM in 2019. With the support of pro-bono work by their LEED consultants\, Emerald Built Environments\, CMC started their pursuit of the WELL Health-Safety certification in 2020 during the pandemic. CMC was able to utilize much of the work completed through the LEED Platinum EB+OM efforts to ultimately earn WELL Health-Safety certification as well. \nThis presentation will delve into consistencies between EB+OM-approved green cleaning products and WELL Health-Safety product requirements and how CMC was able to build upon policies and procedures implemented in the LEED EB+OM process when pursuing WELL Health-Safety cleaning and sanitation features\, such as Support Handwashing and Selected Preferred Cleaning Products. In pursuing WELL Health Safety Air and Water Quality features\, the museum and LEED project engineer were also able to utilize ventilation and air treatment assessments previously performed during the EB+OM certification to inform the WELL Health-Safety Assessments. The museum’s commitment to clean air and water quality\, kicked off by its LEED certification\, made the WELL ‘Monitor Air and Water’ feature a no-brainer. CMC’s process of drafting WELL Health-Safety policies captured many of the procedures and practices already being implemented. \nThe presentation will close by looking towards CMC’s recertification\, to take place three years out from initial certification under LEED EB+OM. The presenters will share how Arc is being utilized to gauge the progress and ability of the museum to maintain its operational efficiencies. \nREGISTER FOR THE JUNE 7 WEBINAR \n  \n\nFebruary: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology\nMarch: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity\nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-6/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240418T142940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T174252Z
UID:10000230-1714737600-1714741200@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE MAY 3 WEBINAR \nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nThis education session from USGBC’s 2023 Decarbonization Summit explores strategies for adjusting workflow to make meaningful improvements in upfront carbon emissions (A1-A5) and how these strategies can achieve points under various LEED credits. \nOur panel of experts will discuss LCA timeline and process integration\, when EC3 should be utilized\, and examples of actual carbon reduction materials on real-world projects. They will provide a detailed overview of a 2-year long electric construction equipment pilot that has been occurring in Iowa. \nProjects are conditioned to complete LCA’s; however\, new tools such as EC3 allow for more detailed and on-going conversations that can yield even greater results in reductions. The session explores the nuances of LCA software\, hand-off to tools like LCA\, and tracking A5 emissions. \nREGISTER FOR THE MAY 3 WEBINAR \n2024 Schedule \n\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-5/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240405T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240320T155109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T155548Z
UID:10000229-1712318400-1712322000@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:First Friday Webinar: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE APRIL 5 WEBINAR \nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nJoin USGBC for a webinar focused on smart building certifications and discover the potential of sustainable and intelligent spaces. Led by industry experts\, this session will guide you through certifications such as SmartScore\, SPIRE\, and BEST. Gain cutting-edge insights that will empower you to navigate this swiftly evolving landscape\, enabling the creation of connected\, efficient\, eco-friendly\, and occupant-centric structures. Whether you’re an architect\, developer\, facility manager\, or simply intrigued by the future of smarter buildings\, seize this opportunity to engage in a dynamic conversation that shapes the sustainable cities of tomorrow. \nOur session will feature Ryan Piaskowski\, business development leader at SPIRE Smart Building Program; John Meko\, global director of operations for WiredScore; and Tyler Kirshner\, director of building recognition programs and association services at BOMA\, joined by Kat Wagenschutz\, director of technical solutions at USGBC\, as moderator. This session is eligible for GBCI Credit: LEED AP BD+C\, LEED AP ID+C\, LEED AP O+M\, and LEED Green Associate. Course GBCI ID: 0920028581 \nREGISTER FOR THE APRIL 5 WEBINAR \n2024 Schedule \n\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-4/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240322T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240322T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240312T164256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T190201Z
UID:10000268-1711108800-1711112400@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:Green Building Break - Improving Façade Designs by Comparing Automated vs. Manual Solar Shading
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW \nHow can automation contribute to enhanced well-being and more sustainable interior environments? When it comes to solar shading\, automation can ensure the comfort and well-being of occupants through a responsive system that balances natural daylight and shading needs in response to exterior conditions. This program will provide an understanding of innovative design trends including current market drivers\, comparing high performance glass vs. high performance shading and how to increase visual and thermal comfort by automating the balance of natural and artificial light. This course will build the connection between the influence of current design trends\, on building performance using automated facades. We will discuss design strategies using automated solar management and its impact on these design trends. \nFEATURED SPEAKER: \n\n\nAndy Rittenhouse is a a Specifications manager with Somfy Systems a world-leading supplier of motorization and control solutions. Andy’s focus is on commercial business solutions and smart home technology relating to window coverings and natural daylight management. With a passion for Healthy and sustainable building design Andy has achieved both LEED AP BD+C\, and WELL AP. Andy started his career in the solar shading industry in 1999 in Houston\, Texas. Andy served on the NFRC 100A and 200A 2010 window attachment subcommittees. He has been conducting seminars and training nationally for the recognition of dynamic and automated solar shading for over 25 years. \n\n  \nREGISTER NOW \n  \nIn 2024\, our Coffee Break Series will transition to a slightly longer Green Building Break Series. These sessions will take place on the 3rd or 4th Fridays from 12:00pm-1:00pm. Join your Green Buildings Are Better community on Zoom for a free learning lunch break discussing green building and sustainability hot topics with local and national featured guests! Check our CoffeeBreakPlaylist on YouTube for recordings of our 2023 sessions! \nCONTINUING EDUCATION: Available for 1 Learning Unit with HSW. Our speaker Andy Rittenhouse will collect and submit attendees AIA numbers for credit. Must attend the live webinar to receive credit. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDiscover construction market sustainability drivers and automation examples.\nUnderstand automation of building envelopes/façades using innovative and sustainable design strategies.\nRelate sustainable building design with the benefits of automation.\nPromote design based on the value of automation.\n\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/green-building-break-improving-facade-designs-by-comparing-automated-vs-manual-solar-shading/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240301T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240301T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240216T144641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240216T144641Z
UID:10000228-1709294400-1709298000@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \n\nFebruary: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology\nMarch: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity\nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-3/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240223T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240223T124500
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240201T163043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T212708Z
UID:10000227-1708689600-1708692300@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:Lunch Break - Light + Justice: Interiors
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW \nEveryone deserves good lighting and beneficial darkness\, especially indoors\, where most of us spend most of our time; yet indoor lighting quality\, particularly in public facilities\, is generally neglected for marginalized\, under-resourced\, and vulnerable occupants. Lighting professionals have a unique opportunity to understand and address inequities that disproportionately diminish visual quality for people of color\, the aging\, the impaired\, and the incarcerated. \nThis lunchtime program builds on the Light + Justice discussion of our February 13 Evening Program\, exploring how lighting disparity shows up in interior environments. LightJustice.org co-founder Lya Osborn and St. Louis interior designer Shelley Satke join us to discuss this important topic\, sharing insights into the lighting and interior design approaches that can extend the benefits of quality lighting to all building users. \nFEATURED SPEAKERS: \n\n\nLya Shaffer Osborn is a multidisciplinary designer\, writer\, and advocate for design justice. She is a co-founder of LightJustice.org\, a community resource for addressing the social impact of lighting. She also serves as the North America Regional Director for Unolai Lighting Design\, where for the past seven years\, she has contributed to a wide range of projects and award-winning design efforts on both sides of the Pacific. Lya received a double M.F.A. in Lighting Design and Interior Design from Parsons The New School for Design\, where her thesis work challenged industry norms and incentives that have long defined a designer’s role in community\, and proposed alternative modes of improving accessibility of design resources to the historically underserved. Lya is a member of the International Association of Lighting Designers and the Illuminating Engineering Society\, and is Community Friendly Lighting Certified. \n\nShelley Satke Niemeier is an award-winning interior designer at SPACE Architects + Designers + Builders\, excelling in hospitality interior design. Shelley’s work has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects St. Louis and Mid-Missouri\, the American Society of Interior Design Missouri East\, and local shelter magazines. Shelley is committed to designing for comfort\, wellness and sustainability\, and she always endeavors to create timeless spaces that will not need to be stripped of trendy materials and lighting in a few years to remain beautiful. She takes a “less is more” approach for visual simplicity and elegance\, and reduced overall consumption of consumer goods. Shelley is an Associate ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) and LEED Green Associate. \n  \nBACKGROUND ON LIGHT + JUSTICE\nOn November 4\, 2022\, the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) in partnership with lightjustice.org presented a one-day virtual symposium. From their website: “‘Light Justice’ is an idea rooted in an ongoing conversation between Edward Bartholomew and Mark Loeffler\, both lighting designers and IES members\, about their mutual recognition of harmful disparities in lighting quality and inequality in the public realm. In 2020\, they coined the term ‘Light + Justice’ as the title and subject of numerous presentations and published articles exploring the unjust impacts of bad lighting and opportunities for the lighting industry to overcome those social and environmental inequities. As they have come to define it\, ‘Light Justice’ is the practice of planning\, designing\, implementing\, and investing in good lighting for under-resourced communities through a process of stakeholder engagement and community-supported placemaking.” \nREGISTER NOW \nIn 2024\, our Coffee Break Series will transition to a slightly longer Lunch Break Series. These sessions will take place on the 3rd or 4th Fridays from 12:00pm-12:45pm. Join your Green Buildings Are Better community every 3rd or 4th Friday on Zoom for a quick (free) lunch break discussing green building and sustainability hot topics with local and national featured guests! Check our CoffeeBreakPlaylist on YouTube for recordings of our 2023 sessions! \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/lunch-break-light-justice-interiors/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240207T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240207T173000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20231202T180502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T192527Z
UID:10000218-1707323400-1707327000@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:Connect on the Quest - Designing\, Planning\, and Maintaining Outdoor Spaces
DESCRIPTION:A monthly virtual speakers series sharing Green Schools Quest project stories and resources to support schools in their green schools endeavors.  \nREGISTER NOW! \nThe February 7 Connect on the Quest will focus on the 2023-2024 Green Schools Quest Focus of the Year – Biodiversity! \nJoin us to learn more about designing\, planning\, and maintaining outdoor spaces – from classrooms to prairies to large scale turf conversion. Our featured speakers this session include: \n\n Dr. Bob Coulter\, Director of Litzsinger Road Ecology Center\nEmily Williamson\, Science Teacher at Brentwood Middle School\nBrian Nikodym\, Green Schools Committee Co-Chair\, Green Schools Quest Mentor\, and Retired Teacher\n\nQUESTIONS?\nContact us at info@showmegreenschools.org. \nConnect on the Quest is free to attend (registration required) and all are welcome!  \nREGISTER NOW! \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.
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/connect-on-the-quest-designing-planning-and-maintaining-outdoor-spaces/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Featured,Green Schools
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240202T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240201T164618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T164927Z
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SUMMARY:First Friday Webinar - Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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!  \nAccess 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. \nREGISTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 2 WEBINAR \n  \n\nFebruary: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate\, quality of life\, and ecology\nMarch: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action\, Enriched Quality of Life\, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity\nApril: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures\nMay: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions: A Comprehensive Look at A1-A5 Embodied Carbon in Building Construction\nJune: LEED EBOM Plays Nice with WELL Health-Safety at the Children’s Museum of Cleveland\nJuly: Smart Building Charrette\, circa 2030: Realizing the Promise of High-Performance Green Buildings\nAugust: Exceeding ESG Commitments with LEED for Communities\nSeptember: Looking to the Future: Utilizing LEED as a Tool for Adaptive Reuse Projects\nOctober: LEED Zero Project Profiles\nNovember: Implementing the Future of LEED with LEED v5 Operations + Maintenance\nDecember: Beneficial Electrification in Northern Climates\nJanuary 2025: Inclusive Pathways to Health in LEED v5: Harnessing Biophilic and Universal Design
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-13-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240105T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240105T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20240103T191146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240103T232929Z
UID:10000124-1704456000-1704459600@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - Best Practices: Tools to Help Meet Your Sustainability Goals
DESCRIPTION:USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2024. 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! USGBC will launch registration for the 2024 series shortly. Stay tuned! \nDon’t miss this Friday’s webinar\, which has been added to the 2023 series to ease registration. See instruction below for how to register for free. \nJanuary 5: Best Practices: Tools to Help Meet Your Sustainability Goals \nDescription: From the 2023 Product Solutions Summit and Showcase\, join USGBC\, One Click LCA\, Cerclos and Autocase as they evaluate tools and practices used to vet the embodied and operational carbon at the early planning and conceptual design stage. This session will highlight how important tools can be used to design for carbon reductions with a focus on the triple bottom line. We will discuss practical examples that will offer insight into tools that can support informing building design and how these tools support achieving several LEED credits. \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!\nAccess the webinar registration and code here. You will be prompted to login to access the code\, which you can use to register for the January 5th webinar using the link below Questions? Reach out to your MO Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org. \n \nREGISTER FOR THE JANUARY 5 WEBINAR
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/first-friday-webinars-12/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231215T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231215T103000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20231129T200306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231213T222836Z
UID:10000176-1702634400-1702636200@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:Coffee Break - Year in Review
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW \nJoin your Missouri Gateway Green Building Council leadership for a Year in Review – Coffee Break on Zoom to discuss favorite sessions\, speakers and highlights from 2023. We’ll also look ahead to 2024\, so bring ideas for any topics and speakers you’d like to see! We’ll also take a moment at the end of the session to recognize our amazing volunteers and star Coffee Breakers! \nCheck out our CoffeeBreakPlaylist on YouTube for recordings of our 2023 sessions! \nREGISTER NOW \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-9/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231204T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231204T173000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20231025T190123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T191853Z
UID:10000213-1701707400-1701711000@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:Connect on the Quest - Using Outdoor Spaces to Boost Biodiversity
DESCRIPTION:A monthly virtual speakers series sharing Green Schools Quest project stories and resources to support schools in their green schools endeavors.  \nREGISTER NOW! \nThe December 4 Connect on the Quest will focus on the 2023-2024 Green Schools Quest Focus of the Year – Biodiversity! We will discuss ways to integrate biodiversity into your outdoor spaces and your curriculum with the added bonus of getting kids outside! Each presenter will share their top five “go-to” resource and there will be time for Q&A and discussion. \nPresenters: \n\nTraci Janson\, IDEA Lab/STEM Specialist at W.W. Keysor Elementary (Kirkwood School District)\nTraci will discuss ways to get students outside and how to integrate biodiversity classroom activities across disciplines\, connecting to Project Lead the Way curriculum (science and engineering lessons).\nMaggie McCoy\, Sustainability Education Coordinator at Missouri Botanical Garden’s EarthWays Center\nMaggie will discuss ways teachers can bring aspects of biodiversity into their classroom\, including some of Missouri Botanical Garden’s projects and programs that support biodiversity.\n\nQUESTIONS?\nContact us at info@showmegreenschools.org. \nConnect on the Quest is free to attend (registration required) and all are welcome!  \nREGISTER NOW! \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.
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/connect-on-the-quest-using-outdoor-spaces-to-boost-biodiversity/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Featured,Green Schools
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231201T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20230417T171447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T182313Z
UID:10000123-1701432000-1701435600@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:First Friday Webinars - Electrification\, Decarbonization & LEED
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!\nAccess 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. \n \nREGISTER FOR THE DECEMBER 1 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-11/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20231025T191831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T211832Z
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SUMMARY:Green Schools Quest Mentor Meet Up - November 2023
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW! \nJoin us for a Mentor Meetup! These Meetups are an opportunity for Green Schools Quest Mentors to: \n\nshare updates on your project with fellow mentors\,\nlearn about others’ projects and progress\, seek suggestions/resources from fellow mentors\, and\nprovide general input on the program.\n\nOur November Meetup will be a virtual event. We will meet again on January 24 for an in person Mentor Meetup at the MGGBC office. \nEvents are free though we request that you register in advance – thanks! \nContact info@showmegreenschools.org with any questions. \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.
URL:https://mogreenbuildings.org/event/green-schools-quest-mentor-meet-up-november-2023/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Featured,Green Schools
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231117T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231117T103000
DTSTAMP:20260501T104254
CREATED:20231020T180735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T141614Z
UID:10000175-1700215200-1700217000@mogreenbuildings.org
SUMMARY:Coffee Break - An All-inclusive\, Wise Way to Build!
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW! \nHOT TOPIC: This Coffee Break will discuss the need for a carbon-negative community development strategy\, recognizing what needs to change with the way we build today. According to anthropologist Robin Dunbar\, in order to solve climate change we now need to move to the next level of human evolution\, by optimizing our social power to create the future we want\, guided by community needs. Our guests will explore these concepts\, sharing how they plan to convert existing buildings and adapt their combined skillsets to create highly functional Post Carbon Communities of Practice. \nFEATURED SPEAKERS:  \n\n\nTom and Carol Braford are co-founders of Irresistible Community Builders\, LLC. They have created a model for forming communities where people live and work in cooperation with their neighbors and in harmony with nature. They received an Award of Excellence from the International Green Industry Hall of Fame for this work. They are creating the Arizmendi Ecovillage in St Louis. They are committed to a world that works for everyone\, with no one left out. \nTom has an extensive background in historic preservation and is the inventor of the suite of 5R’s building technologies. Carol is a CPA and worked in the corporate world for over 20 years\, conducting audits internationally and spent 10 years as Regional Coordinator for Citizens’ Climate Lobby\, coaching volunteers in four states to work with their local communities and Members of Congress to pass effective climate legislation. \nREGISTER NOW! \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-8/
LOCATION:Virtual Event via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Featured
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