USGBC-MGC Annual Report 2012

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TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME FROM 2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MISSION AND VISION EDUCATION AND OUTREACH MAKING AN IMPACT LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT FINANCIALS SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS

WELCOME! It was my pleasure to serve USGBC-Missouri Gateway as Board Chair for 2012, and I am thrilled with what we accomplished together!

Our Chapter continues to achieve a great deal every year, from the national to the local level, and 2012 was no exception. We turned 11 years old in 2012 and have grown into a strong, respected, and well-governed community organization. We have an ambitious mission, and the passionate members to make it happen! We should all be proud that the USGBC Missouri Gateway Chapter is an organization that others want to support and help us achieve that mission.

Last year we were recognized as one of only 9 of the 77 USGBC chapters across the country to meet all compliance standards set by the national USGBC. This is important because it is part of what keeps us robust and resilient. And this helped us attract outside industry professionals to join the board as Advisors for the first time in the Chapter’s history. This is a vote of confidence from the community that we are a worthy and valuable investment of their time, expertise, and resources.

On the green building front, we finished up the LEED Community Pilot Project that began at the end of 2011, assisting with LEED certification efforts for the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Commerce Bank Center for Science Education, where the Chapter is headquartered. This was a dedicated effort by over 20 volunteers from the Chapter, funded by a generous grant from Wells Fargo Advisors. We earned LEED Silver certification for the building, and have plans to keep this community program going by working with additional non-profits to achieve LEED certification for their buildings.

Continuing to bring more communities into the Chapter, we formalized the Mid-Missouri Branch serving Columbia and Jefferson City. This builds on our continuing work with the Ozarks Branch in Springfield, MO. We now serve all except 18 of the 115 counties in Missouri, plus 13 counties in Illinois.

In 2012, our partnership with the St. Louis Regional Chamber launched the St. Louis Regional High Performance Building Initiative. We recruited 19 signatory organizations to support the Initiative’s aims to increase the square footage of third-party verified green buildings in the region by 50% by 2014. This project was funded by an Impact Grant from the national USGBC. Stay tuned for updates in the coming years as we move towards our goal.

And our Green Schools program continues to gain momentum. Again, driven by passionate and talented volunteers, we are providing healthier and more productive environments for learning. In 2012 we partnered with the St. Louis Zoo, the Missouri Botanical Garden and Webster University to host a multi-day Sustainability Institute for pre-Kindergarten through 12 grade teachers. In 2013, we’ll do the same on top of launching a brand new program, the Green Schools Quest, a project-based challenge for K-12 schools in our territory.

There are so many more things to celebrate, but only so much space on the page. It has been an honor to work alongside such a dedicated group toward the important goal of making every building a green building!

Marc Lopata, PE, LEED AP 2012 Board of Directors’ Chair

VISION

To create and restore buildings and communities that will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation.

MISSION

To initiate, develop and accelerate implementation of green building concepts, technologies and principles that promote environmentally responsible, prosperous and healthy places to live and work.

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MAKING EVERY BUILDING A GREEN BUILDING - THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

This is the core of the our work, where we address our mission, working to ensure that green building is accessible to all through education, outreach, collaborations and partnerships. From monthly evening programs to collaborative education sessions and volunteer speakers bureau presentations, we aim to provide education for building professionals while also providing useful and timely green building information for the broader community.

EDUCATION

We continue to tap local, regional and national expertise to provide top notch educational opportunities at monthly evening programs, green building tours, in-depth sessions, LEED Exam Prep Courses and Lunch n’ LEED webinar series. As a USGBC Authorized Education Delivery Partner and an AIA/ CES Approved Provider, we strive to offer a multitude of opportunities for professionals to earn continuing education to maintain their LEED Professional credentials. In 2012, we delivered over 45 educational programs reaching nearly 2,000 individuals. Highlights include: • Collaboratively developing educational sessions with St. Louis Community College delivered by Chapter members.

• First Annual Do-It-Yourself Sustainability featuring six Pecha Kucha style presentations and presented in partnership with St. Louis Earth Day and St. Louis Green.

• Expanding our audiences with a monthly program on faith-based sustainability that led to a hands-on ENERGY STAR for Congregations workshop.

• Hosting nationally known speakers such as Doug Farr speaking on LEED for Neighborhood Development and Kim Shinn on Energy Modeling.

• Diversifying our partnership efforts through collaboration with Webster University, St. Louis Zoo and Missouri Botanical Garden on a 3-day Sustainability Institute attended by over 70 pre-kindergarten through 12 grade educators.

The USGBC has been a formidable steward of the sustainability movement for many years.

And its efforts have been largely realized by the tireless work of its local chapters and membership community. Understanding that cultural shifts in how we think about the environment are marked by gradual achievements, the Missouri Gateway Chapter offers educational seminars and training programs that increase awareness, and provide tangible examples of how incremental change can provide immense results. Through these efforts and by engaging our professional community to share experiences, the Missouri Gateway Chapter provides the traction for where the ‘recycled’ rubber meets the road.

Evan Bronstein, AIA, LEED Green Associate, OWH Architects, Inc.

OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY

Through our outreach and advocacy efforts, we strive to connect people with green building experts and successes.

Connecting community groups and professional organizations with our volunteer Speakers Bureau, linking an organization in need with university students seeking experience through our Sustainable Project Assistance, matching Emerging Professionals with experienced professionals with our Green Shadow program – we are bringing people together around

green building to build a greener community!

Every year we are honored to recognize those in our community that are transforming the built environment through the annual Growing Green Awards. We also love to recognize projects in their successful pursuit of certification through the LEED Green Building Rating System. In 2012, the Chapter awarded LEED Plaques to Staples Promotional Products in St. Louis and Boone Hospital Center Patient Tower in Columbia, MO. Additional highlights from 2012 include:

• Completed LEED Community Project with assistance from 25 Chapter volunteers, who gained experience on a LEED project and earned continuing education. Though the project began in October 2011 as an education and outreach program, 2012 marked the performance period, LEED submittal and LEED EB: O&M Silver certification of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Commerce Bank Center for Science Education. We plan to repeat this program with another non-profit in 2013.

• Advanced Speakers Bureau efforts by providing training for the 27 green business leaders that participate as volunteers. Presentations in 2012 included Sustainable Building for Affordable Housing Development in partnership with the St. Louis Regional Housing & Community Development Agency and Green Building Design & Marketing with the local Society for Marketing Professional Services chapter.

• Launched the High Performance Building Initiative in partnership with the St. Louis Regional Chamber with a goal of increasing the square footage of third-party verified green buildings in the St. Louis region by 50% by 2014. 19 built environment stakeholders signed on as signatories, agreeing to promote the goals through their educational efforts.

• Expanded local government outreach with a Local Government Green Team Meet up at the annual Green Homes & Great Health Festival to share best practices and adopted the Regional Environmental Internship Program. In 2012, two full-time interns worked with two separate municipalities to develop a Greenhouse Gas Inventories. In 2013, they will develop Climate Action Plans, giving the municipalities a baseline with which to measure efficiency improvements.

• Awarded three scholarships to the 2012 Greening the Heartland regional green building conference and raised enough funds at our annual ECORIDE bicycle event to send two individuals to 2013 Greening the Heartland and provide support to three individuals pursuing the LEED Green Associate credential.

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MAKING AN IMPACT

In 2012, USGBC-Missouri Gateway volunteers contributed 3,500 hours of their time to advance green building through education and outreach.

We were founded by 15 volunteers with a passion for green building, and volunteers are still key to accomplishing the important work of making green building accessible and available to all.

Whether it’s through committee participation, planning an educational event, staffing our booth at a festival or trade show, delivering a presentation on behalf of our Speakers Bureau or rolling up their sleeves on the LEED Community Pilot Project, our volunteers make a difference!

The USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter is the connective muscle that moves the St. Louis High Performance Building Initiative. Because of the Chapter, this Initiative is a successful collaboration that will advance regional prosperity and St. Louis’ prominence as a green region.

Eric Schneider, LEED Green Associate Senior Director – Public Policy, St. Louis Regional Chamber Participating in the Speakers Bureau has been a terrific experience for me. I have shared knowledge about green building with a wide range of audiences, from second grade gifted students to civil engineers. I strengthen my presentation skills, which helps me personally. And, as I continually learn about green practices, I am a part of advancing sustainability in the St. Louis area and across the U.S. in my professional role as an environmental stewardship analyst with a nationwide healthcare system.

Lois Sechrist, LEED AP ID+C Environmental Sustainability Analyst, Ascension Health Thanks to the generosity of USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter’s scholarship program, I had the pleasure of attending Greening the Heartland 2012 Indianapolis. It was an experience I won’t soon forget. My days were filled with conversations and sessions with some of the brightest minds in sustainability – people that care deeply about the future of our world and the lives of people all around it, humble Joplin, Missouri included. The outstanding examples of sustainability, along with the relationships formed along the way, have implications far beyond the conference for renewing of the city of Joplin as we strive to cultivate a community renowned not only for its Midwestern wherewithal but also its bold march toward sustainability.

Andrew Whitehead Volunteer, Greentown Joplin

OUR STANDING COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS INCLUDE: Advocacy: Promote and advocate for green building

Technical: Spearhead research both as a conduit to the

practices and policies, including LEED, to organizations, Chapter and as champions of local green building related government entities, market segments and the general public research. as well as assisting others in overcoming barriers related to the implementation of green building.

Growing Green Awards Working Group: Coordinate the annual Growing Green Awards, which celebrate and Green Schools (K-12): Encourage, educate and provide recognize the individuals, groups and organizations actively tools to local schools and school districts to adopt green transforming the built environment while sharing their building and sustainable practices. knowledge of green building and sustainable practices.

Higher Education: Educate, initiate dialog, and seek to

Scholarship Working Group: Plan the annual ECORIDE

accelerate implementation of green planning and building design within the wider context of campus sustainability to promote healthy, productive and engaging places to live, learn and teach.

fundraiser and coordinate scholarships to provide green building & sustainability education and training for those who normally would not have access.

Marketing: Develop strategies to enhance communication

Emerging Professionals Task Force: Engage and

welcome Emerging Professionals by facilitating the to the community and with and among Chapter members. integration of future leaders into Chapter groups and committees, creating community-building events and Membership: Implement activities to recruit and retain coordinating with the Membership and Higher Education members as well as develop a membership base that assures Committees. representation from all membership categories.

Programs: Develop opportunities for Chapter and community members to expand their knowledge of green building principles and practices through monthly programs, green building tours, LEED exam prep and in-depth programs.

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LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT 2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

Chair, Marc Lopata, Microgrid Solar Chair Elect, Nancy Rodney, Rosemann & Associates Executive Director, Emily Andrews Secretary, Megan Ridgeway, Arcturis Treasurer, Marjorie Melton, M3 Engineering Group Past Chair, Paul Todd Merrill, Clayco

AT-LARGE MEMBERS

Christy Cunningham-Saylor, Vertegy, An Alberici Enterprise Jaime Kelley, St. Louis Earth Day’s Green Dining Alliance Bruce Lindsey, Washington University Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts Jay Swoboda, EcoUrban Development

ADVISORS

JoAnn Brookes, Washington University School Of Medicine Pat Justis, Ameren Missouri

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE REPRESENTATIVE

MISSOURI GATEWAY CHAPTER TERRITORY

Jan Niehaus, Communication by Design

OZARKS BRANCH REPRESENTATIVE Buck Van Hooser

MID-MISSOURI BRANCH REPRESENTATIVE Barbara Buffaloe, City of Columbia, MO

STAFF

Hope Gribble, Membership & Education Coordinator Emily Andrews, Executive Director

2012 INTERNS • • • • • •

Jamie Barbaglia, Program, Events & Marketing Intern, Spring Lauren Hoerr, Program, Events & Marketing Intern, Summer Deanna Lally, Local Government & High Performance Building Initiative Intern, Summer Jamie Toon, Program, Events & Marketing Intern, Fall Johanna Ofner, Regional Environmental Internship Program – Wildwood Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Fall Amanda LaBrier, Regional Environmental Internship Program – Maplewood Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Fall

BRANCHES • Ozarks Branch, established in 2010 and serves Springfield, MO and surrounding areas • Mid-Missouri Branch, established in 2012 and serves Columbia, Jefferson City and surrounding areas

FINANCIALS INCOME SUMMARY

Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2012 ASSETS Checking / Savings Accounts Receivable Prepaid expenses TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS Liabilities Accounts Payable Deferred Revenue Total Liabilities Net Assets Unrestricted Temp Restricted Total Net Assets TOTAL LIABILITY & NET ASSETS

EXPENSE SUMMARY

EXPENSES BY PROGRAM

232,849 20,284 1,000 254,133

31,970 30,158 62,128 183,040 8,965 192,005 254,133

INCOME SUMMARY Grants Chapter Membership Dues Program Sales Special Events Sponsors USGBC National Member Revenue Individual Donors Other Income Total Income

17,449 36,755 23,454 25,685 90,566 17,405 13,387 511 225,212

EXPENSE SUMMARY Salary & Benefits Professional Outreach and Advocacy Education Advertising & Promotion Special Events General Administration Total Expense

113,114 15,916 26,613 18,854 2,765 18,278 19,734 215,274

EXPENSES BY PROGRAM General Operations Lobbying Membership Services Education Outreach Special Events Total Expense by Program

37,406 3,313 19,092 84,255 62,406 8,802 215,274

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SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS

USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter is a mission-driven 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that serves our community and our members by promoting environmentally responsible, prosperous and healthy places to live, work and learn. The financial support and participation of members, individual donors, foundations, and corporate sponsors sustains our work towards a shared mission and vision. We are so grateful for these contributions.

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ANNUAL SPONSORS RESTORATIVE

Vertegy, An Alberici Enterprise

S.M. Wilson & Co. Solutions AEC Tarlton Trane US Bank

GREEN

Cassidy Turley Geotechnology Green Street Properties Color Art Integrated Interiors Hastings + Chivetta Missouri Botanical Garden Sheet Metal Workers, Local 36 Husch Blackwell LLP Microgrid Solar William A Kerr Foundation PayneCrest Electric

PLATINUM

GOLD

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Ameren Missouri Cannon Design Clayco PROGRAM AND EVENT HOK SPONSORS Laclede Gas Company McCarthy Building Companies Missouri History Museum ECORIDE St. Louis Construction News & Aegis Metal Framing Real Estate Big Shark Bicycle The Healthy Planet Company Burns & McDonnell Great Rivers Greenway SILVER Acorn Landscape Architecture Icon Mechanical Kwame Building Group BSI Constructors L.A.N.D. + Christner, Inc. M3 Engineering Group ECO Recycling Pedro’s Planet Electrical Connection Pizzo & Associates Ltd. / Enterprise Holdings Native Landscape Contractors Express Scripts Riverfront Times Guarantee Electric Treanor Architects Johnson Controls UIC CDO Landco Construction Whole Foods Landis + Gyr William A. Kerr Foundation Lighting Associates Mackey Mitchell Architects McCormack Baron Salazar / GREEN SCHOOLS EVENT Sunwheel Energy Partners Brightergy Solar Murphy Company Hellmuth + Bicknese National Design Build Services Architects Paric Corporation New System Janitorial Supply Republic Services Ridefinders

Trane Universe Daylighting Solutions Wm. B. Ittner

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FOUNDATION AND GROWING GREEN AWARDS GRANT SUPPORT

Arcturis Boeing Employee Community Cassidy Turley Fund Green Street Development U.S. Green Building Council Group St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Electrical Connection Waste Management District Innovative Construction & US Bancorp Roofing Wells Fargo Green Team Grant Microgrid Solar William A Kerr Foundation Paric Sheet Metal Workers, Local 36 St. Louis Green Straight Up Solar INDIVIDUAL DONORS The Healthy Planet JoAnn Brookes Treanor Architects Christy Cunningham-Saylor Pat Justis MONTHLY PROGRAMS Jaime Kelley ASP Enterprises Bruce Lindsey ASSA ABLOY Marc Lopata Bell Electrical John May Brightergy Solar Marjorie Melton BSI Constructors Paul Todd Merrill Butterfly Energy Works Jan Niehaus Compi Distributors Megan Ridgeway CxE Group Nancy Rodney Embassy Suites Jay Swoboda Farnsworth Group

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Knoll Nurture by Steelcase Pi Pizza Pizzo and Associates PNC Bank Rosemann & Associates Ross & Baruzzini Trivers Associates Unico, Inc.

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CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS Jacklyn Davis Roger Denny Franklin Eppert Bob Evans Michael Hof Marcus Rivas

As a proud sponsor of the USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter, Laclede Gas is working to ensure continued awareness of the environmental benefits of green building practices. Together we’re working to shape the region’s potential by engaging builders and encouraging innovative improvements in conservation, energy-management practices and green building design.

Jim Hearing Director of Marketing, Laclede Gas Company

McCormack Baron Salazar and Sunwheel Energy develop Green neighborhoods, buildings and renewable energy projects across the America, but our environmental efforts start here in our home city. We are committed to having a 100% green portfolio, and USGBC-Missouri Gateway Chapter is helping St. Louis to become a national leader in green building through its valuable advocacy, training and networks.

Bill Carson, LEED AP BD+C President, Sunwheel Energy – A McCormack Baron Salazar Company

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