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  • First Friday Webinar – Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate, quality of life, and ecology

    First Friday Webinars
    Virtual Event via Zoom

    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! These courses are available for anyone to attend, but are free to local or company USGBC members. That includes Missouri Gateway Green Building Council members! Access the webinar registration and code here. You will be prompted to login to access the code. Once you enter your login details, it will take you to your Member Dashboard. From there, click Member Only Benefits from the left-hand side menu to view the list of benefits and access code for the First Friday Webinars. You can use the code to register for one or more of the first Friday webinars. Questions? Reach out to your MO Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org. REGISTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 2 WEBINAR   February: Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate, quality of life, and ecology March: LEED v5: Swift Climate Action, Enriched Quality of Life, and Advanced Land Use and Biodiversity April: Navigating Smart Building Certifications for Sustainable Futures May: LEED and Upfront Carbon Emissions:… Continue Reading First Friday Webinar – Overview of LEED v5: Taking action on climate, quality of life, and ecology

  • First Friday Webinars – Best Practices: Tools to Help Meet Your Sustainability Goals

    First Friday Webinars
    Virtual Event via Zoom

    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! Don'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. January 5: Best Practices: Tools to Help Meet Your Sustainability Goals Description: 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. These courses are available for anyone to attend, but are free to local or company USGBC members. That includes Missouri Gateway Green Building Council members! Access… Continue Reading First Friday Webinars – Best Practices: Tools to Help Meet Your Sustainability Goals

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    Coffee Break – Year in Review

    Coffee Break – Third Friday
    Virtual Event via Zoom

    REGISTER NOW Join 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! Check out our CoffeeBreakPlaylist on YouTube for recordings of our 2023 sessions! REGISTER NOW Need a break? Or a quick face-to-face with your green building community? New thoughts, ideas, and conversation to jump start your day? Join your Green Buildings Are Better community every 3rd Friday on Zoom for a quick (free) coffee break discussing green building and sustainability hot topics with local and national featured guests! View previous LIVE Missouri Gateway Green Building Council Coffee Breaks on our YouTube Channel.  Consent to use photographic images:  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,… Continue Reading Coffee Break – Year in Review

  • First Friday Webinars – Electrification, Decarbonization & LEED

    First Friday Webinars
    Virtual Event via Zoom

    USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2023. These are previously recorded, highly rated, LEED specific education programs. Gather with peers and colleagues at noon Central Time on first Friday of each month to earn those CEs! These courses are available for anyone to attend, but are free to local or company USGBC members. That includes Missouri Gateway Green Building Council members! Access the webinar registration and code here. You will be prompted to login to access the code. You can use the code to register for one or more of the first Friday webinars. Questions? Reach out to your MO Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org.  REGISTER FOR THE DECEMBER 1 WEBINAR January:  Tales from Successful LEED Certification Reviews February:  ESG Priorities of LEED Communities March:  From Risk to Resilience: Building a healthier, more resilient future April:  Preparing the Workforce for a Clean Energy Economy: LEED Cities Advancing a Just Transition May:  LEED Communities Deploying Regenerative Solutions June:  Social Equity as a Driver for Neighborhood Development: Embracing Community Engagement July:  Prioritizing Nature for Equity and Resilience August:  Leveraging LEED v4.1 Residential into Building Healthy and High Performance Sustainable Homes September:  Putting Principles Into Action: the Future of LEED October:  Building the Future: Addressing… Continue Reading First Friday Webinars – Electrification, Decarbonization & LEED

  • First Friday Webinars – Financing Communities: Racing towards Zero for the Triple Bottom Line

    First Friday Webinars
    Virtual Event via Zoom

    USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2023. These are previously recorded, highly rated, LEED specific education programs. Gather with peers and colleagues at noon Central Time on first Friday of each month to earn those CEs! These courses are available for anyone to attend, but are free to local or company USGBC members. That includes Missouri Gateway Green Building Council members! Access the webinar registration and code here. You will be prompted to login to access the code. You can use the code to register for one or more of the first Friday webinars. Questions? Reach out to your MO Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org.  REGISTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 3 WEBINAR January:  Tales from Successful LEED Certification Reviews February:  ESG Priorities of LEED Communities March:  From Risk to Resilience: Building a healthier, more resilient future April:  Preparing the Workforce for a Clean Energy Economy: LEED Cities Advancing a Just Transition May:  LEED Communities Deploying Regenerative Solutions June:  Social Equity as a Driver for Neighborhood Development: Embracing Community Engagement July:  Prioritizing Nature for Equity and Resilience August:  Leveraging LEED v4.1 Residential into Building Healthy and High Performance Sustainable Homes September:  Putting Principles Into Action: the Future of LEED October:  Building the Future: Addressing… Continue Reading First Friday Webinars – Financing Communities: Racing towards Zero for the Triple Bottom Line

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

    Coffee Break – Third Friday
    Virtual Event via Zoom

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

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    Coffee Break – Community-Based Flood Mitigation in University City

    Coffee Break – Third Friday
    Virtual Event via Zoom

    REGISTER NOW! HOT TOPIC: With it's proximity to the flood-prone River Des Peres, University City has experienced several flash floods over the years. On July 26, 2022 the region saw 11 inches of rainfall within 8 hour time period, causing historic flash floods in University City and many other parts of the region. After yet another flooding incident, University City residents are working together to chart a path forward. Join us at this coffee break to learn more about the immediate and long-term actions that are being pursued. FEATURED SPEAKERS: Robert E. Criss is Professor Emeritus of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and currently serves on the University City Stormwater Commission. After earning his PhD at Caltech in 1981, he was an isotope geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, then was Professor of Geology at UC Davis, and has been at Washington University since 1994. He is author of Principles of Stable Isotope Distribution (Oxford University Press, 1999) and co-editor of several books including At the Confluence: Rivers, Floods and Water Quality in the St. Louis Region. Dr, Criss has authored over 150 published papers that encompass many scientific disciplines, but 40 of these concern… Continue Reading Coffee Break – Community-Based Flood Mitigation in University City

  • First Friday Webinars – Addressing Decarbonization, Zero Waste and ESG Goals for Construction

    First Friday Webinars
    Virtual Event via Zoom

    USGBC will once again offer First Friday Webinars in 2023. These are previously recorded, highly rated, LEED specific education programs. Gather with peers and colleagues at noon Central Time on first Friday of each month to earn those CEs! These courses are available for anyone to attend, but are free to local or company USGBC members. That includes Missouri Gateway Green Building Council members! Access the webinar registration and code here. You will be prompted to login to access the code. You can use the code to register for one or more of the first Friday webinars. Questions? Reach out to your MO Gateway Green Building Council staff at info@mogreenbuildings.org.  REGISTER FOR THE OCTOBER 6 WEBINAR January:  Tales from Successful LEED Certification Reviews February:  ESG Priorities of LEED Communities March:  From Risk to Resilience: Building a healthier, more resilient future April:  Preparing the Workforce for a Clean Energy Economy: LEED Cities Advancing a Just Transition May:  LEED Communities Deploying Regenerative Solutions June:  Social Equity as a Driver for Neighborhood Development: Embracing Community Engagement July:  Prioritizing Nature for Equity and Resilience August:  Leveraging LEED v4.1 Residential into Building Healthy and High Performance Sustainable Homes September:  Putting Principles Into Action: the Future of LEED October:  Building the Future: Addressing… Continue Reading First Friday Webinars – Addressing Decarbonization, Zero Waste and ESG Goals for Construction