USGBC Texas - Events

West: Green Drinks El Paso

Start
Thursday, July 31, 2025
End
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Schedule
3 sessions
Location
Old Sheepdog Brewery, 3900 Rosa Ave, El Paso
Registered
2 registrants

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Join us for Green Drinks!

Last Thursday of Every Month

Jul 31 Aug 28 Sept 25

5:30 pm

3900 Rosa

El Paso, Texas 79905

Free Networking! Donations Appreciated!

Change doesn’t happen all at once—it happens choice by choice, moment by moment, person by person. At USGBC Texas, we believe that every individual has the power to create lasting impact, and that together, we can transform the future of our communities and our state. You're donation supports our mission to transform the built environment in communities across Texas!

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USGBC Leadership Series: Building Resilience in Texas and LEED v5

When
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location
Q2 Stadium, 10414 McKalla Pl, Austin, Tx 78758

Building Resilience in Texas & LEED v5 Leadership Forum
Tuesday, September 16
10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Q2 Stadium
10414 McKalla Pl.
Austin, Tx 78758

Join USGBC and USGBC Texas for a Building Transformation Forum exploring leading-edge examples, best practices and USGBC tools and resources to support your resilience goals, followed by a Leadership Series event focused on the latest version of the LEED green building rating system.

This event will include a tour of our venue, Austin's LEED Gold and TRUE Zero Waste Gold certified Q2 Stadium and a networking lunch celebrating the 25th anniversary of LEED.

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Resilience in the Built Environment

The importance of resilience in our built environment cannot be overstated. 2023 and 2024 saw the highest number of billion-dollar disasters on record in U.S. history (NOAA). The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events—hurricanes, flooding, extreme heat—threaten infrastructure, property, and public safety. Resilient, sustainable design is critical to reducing risk and strengthening our communities.

The Forum will include a Resilience Industry Panel and a tour of our venue, Austin's LEED Gold and TRUE Zero Waste Gold certified Q2 Stadium.

LEED v5 Leadership Series

Following the Forum, attendees will take a deep dive into LEED v5, the latest version of the LEED green building rating system, and explore how LEED v5 addresses critical impact areas, including decarbonization, biodiversity, resilience, health and equity. Attendees will gain insights into real-world adoption strategies, stakeholder engagement techniques, and available resources to implement LEED v5 successfully in current and future projects.

Continuing Education:

Building Transformation Forum -- GBCI CE: 2 LEED-Specific Rating System: LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP Homes, LEED AP ID+C, LEED AP ND, LEED AP O+M, LEED Green Associate, SITES AP
AIA Hours: 2 LU/HSW

Leadership Series -GBCI CE hours: 1 LEED-Specific Rating System: LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP O+M, LEED Green Associate
AIA Hours: 1 LU

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Gulf: Sun Day Houston

When
Sunday, September 21, 2025
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location
2353 Rice Blvd., Houston, Texas

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Central: Sun Day Austin

When
Sunday, September 21, 2025
4:00 PM
Location
Texas State Capitol, 1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX

Sun Day Austin
Sunday, September 21
4:00 pm

Texas State Capitol
1100 Congress Ave.
Austin, Texas

SUN-DAY is a global mobilization to celebrate the benefits of solar and wind energy. We will rally, teach, inspire and chart a cleaner future together. Solar power isn’t “alternative” anymore; it’s the cheapest, most obvious path forward.

Visit sunday.earth for more information about this global day of action.

Hosted by: Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Solar Austin, Parents’ Climate Community, Sunrise Austin, Third Act Texas, Austin DSA, Extinction Rebellion, Texas Solar Energy Society

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North: Cartography for Change Lunch-n-Learn

When
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
JLL Office, 2401 Cedar Springs Rd, Suite 100, Dallas, Tx 75201
Spaces left
38
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
12 pm - 1 pm
Lunch included

JLL

2401 Cedar Springs Rd., Suite 199
Dallas, TX 75201

About this Event:

In this session from Greenbuild 2024, the art of cartography meets green building consulting. Cartography is the art of turning complex realities into understandable, navigable narratives. As sustainability consultants and leaders, we must similarly turn complex realities into thorough, correct, and persuasive narratives to guide sustainability strategy.

This cartography-inspired workshop, led by consultants with a long track record in guiding sustainability teams, will enrich your approach to the communication challenges of sustainability consulting. The workshop begins with conceptual background in cartography, whose objectives include setting an agenda, representing real-world features, filtering irrelevant data, and conveying an overall message.

There are many parallels between this and efforts to tell effective sustainability stories. The heart of the session is three interactive mapping-inspired exercises designed to improve your ability to form a comprehensive "big picture" from disparate data points, communicate simply and precisely to convey sustainability ideas, and determine the right amount of data needed for decision-making.

As we wrap up the workshop, we will showcase a collection of our own previous communication failures, transformed into inspiring examples of effective sustainability storytelling. We will delve into the power of visualization and show you how tools like the LEED scorecard can be re-imagined as a kind of map. Prepare to leave with heightened communication skills and a sharpened vision for collaborative strategy-building, empowering you to chart a course towards impactful, sustainable change in the built environment.

Parking: Parking validation is available for guests either under the building or the garage is located at 592 Maple Ave, Dallas, TX 75201. Guests need to push the button and get a ticket to enter the garage, and bring the ticket to Reception where it will be validated and no cost to guests.

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Central: Green School Tour + Happy Hour

When
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
3:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
900 Thompson Street, Austin, TX 78702
Spaces left
19
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Tour: Austin ISD Green School

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Eastside Early College High School

900 Thompson Street

Austin, TX 78702

Networking Happy Hour (immediately following the tour)

5:15 PM - 7:00 PM

Central Machines Works

4824 E Cesar Chavez Street

Austin, TX 78702

About the Event:

Eastside Early College High School was recently awarded an AIA National Education Facility Design award for its design that intentionally connects a marginalized community, acknowledging its past, supporting its present, and offering opportunities for its future. The building's base incorporates the original Anderson High School's brick and midcentury modern lines, honoring the deep African American history of the site. Rising from this foundation, the new campus symbolizes the perseverance of a community whose school was closed by federal court order during desegregation.

The new school embraces sustainability through a compact, four-story design that maximizes efficiency, reduces embodied carbon through efficiently designed steel structure, and integrates reused materials like salvaged brick and hardwood from the original campus. Native landscaping, rain gardens, a multi-tiered runoff detention system, and condensate collection support water conservation and biodiversity. Daylighting was maximized through a glazing study that led to energy-efficient overhangs, enhancing both comfort and performance. The project also includes resiliency measures such as backup power, emergency supplies, and storm protection to serve the broader community in times of need.

Tour Hosted by:

Perkins&Will and Austin ISD

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Central: Green Coffee Hour at Easy Tiger

When
Thursday, October 02, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Location
Easy Tiger, 6406 N I-35 Frontage Rd, Suite 1100, Austin, TX 78752
Registered
3 registrants

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GREEN COFFEE HOUR

Thursday, October 2nd at 8:30 AM-9:30 AM

Easy Tiger North

6406 N I-35 Frontage, Suite1100
Austin, TX 78752

About the Event

The Central Regional Council of USGBC-Texas hosts Green Coffee Hours each month, open to the public. This FREE event offers the opportunity to meet and network with people in green careers: architecture, engineering, sustainability, environmental governance professions, and more. For updates and additional information, please be sure to RSVP.

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Central: Regional Council Meeting

When
Friday, October 03, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location
Zoom

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Join the USGBC Texas Central Region Council during its Monthly Meetings. During these meetings, members will be encouraged to engage with the Regional Council and State leadership, learn about current and upcoming (local, state, and national) events, provide input, and ask questions.

For more information on the regional council go here. To view upcoming events go here, and to learn how to get involved go here.

For any questions, email Central Region Chair Ashley Besic at abesic@buildingdecarb.org or Chapter Executive Director Jonathan Kraatz at jonathan@usgbctexas.org.

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Webinar: TRUE Total Resource Management

When
Friday, October 03, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Series runs February 7, 2025 to January 9, 2026.

The USGBC First Friday series is back by popular demand, 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.

Take a look at our lineup below, then follow the registration link to sign up for our entire series!

October 3 | LIVE | TRUE Total Resource Management | Speaker: Stephanie Barger
November 7 | recorded at Greenbuild 24 | Equity at Scale: Exploring LEED's Role in Creating More Just Buildings and Communities
December 5 | LIVE | Information Forthcoming
January 9 (moved for holiday) | recorded at Greenbuild 24 | Getting Green for Green: Using Sustainable Finance Strategies for Green Building Investments

As always, our First Friday education series is free for USGBC members and USGBC Texas members (code provided via email) and $10 per session for nonmembers. Not a member? Learn more about becoming a member here.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to earn education hours and keep up with the latest at USGBC and in green building. Follow the registration prompt below, and be sure to register using the email address that is linked to your usgbc.org member account.

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South: Green Coffee - San Antonio

When
Thursday, October 09, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Location
Commonwealth Coffeehouse & Bakery - 203 E. Jones Ave. Suite 101, San Antonio, TX, 78215
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North: Adopt a Shoreline at White Rock Lake

When
Saturday, October 11, 2025
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location
White Rock Lake
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Adopt a Shoreline
Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
9:00 AM-11:00 AM

White Rock Lake

(see map below)
Dallas, TX

About the Event:

Come volunteer with USGBC Texas at White Rock Lake Park and help keep it litter-free!

The Adopt-A-Shoreline program is a Dallas Park and Recreation Department program administered by For the Love of the Lake.

USGBC Texas has been assigned shoreline #6. FTLOTL will provide materials that support our cleaning needs (trash bags, gloves, etc.) that will be replenished as necessary.

Meet in the parking area for the Winfrey Point Baseball Fields.

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South (RGV): Green Coffee - MCALLEN, TX

When
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
Common Space, 2901 N 10th St. F, MCALLEN, TX 78501
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Central: Austin Fall Mega Mixer

When
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
Bouldin Acres - South, 2027 S. Lamar, Austin, Tx

Save your seat here

Preregistration is free for members. $25 at the door.

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Virtual: LEED Green Associate Exam Study Session Oct 18th 2025

When
Saturday, October 18, 2025
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location
Virtual Training

LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE EXAM PREP COURSE

Saturday, October 18th, 2025

Gensler Houston

Virtual Training

8:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Free Class

About this Event

For more than 20 years, Gensler has welcomed in thousands of clients, college students, community leaders, building owners and designers to take its free LEED Green Associate Exam Prep Course.

Conveniently scheduled on a Saturday morning, the four-hour class is administered by Gensler employees who are passionate about sustainability in practice and have previously achieved their LEED GA credentials. The course is open to anyone in the community who is planning to take the LEED Green Associate Version 4 exam and is interested in attaining basic knowledge of green design, construction and operations.

From this course, you will learn how to address fundamental principles of green building, attain a basic knowledge of LEED rating systems and will receive recommended study material to aid in passing the exam. Feel free to also bring any general or specific questions regarding the exam you may have.

Gensler’s LEED GA prep course is offered five times annually, with an additional BD+C and ID+C course option offered during the year also. There is no class attendance limit and anyone 18 or older is able to register for the course. Four AIA Continuing Education Credits are available for session attendees.

In the event of below average registration, Gensler reserves the right to cancel the prep course up to 48 hours in advance. Please RSVP or email any questions to Gensler using the link below.

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Instructors:

RIVES TAYLOR, FAIA, LEED Fellow

ALFONSO HERNANDEZ, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

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