USGBC Texas upcoming events

South (RGV): Green Coffee - MCALLEN, TX (Tuesday, November 10, 2026)

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:30:00 GMT

Central: Green Coffee Hour (Thursday, November 12, 2026)

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:30:00 GMT

GREEN COFFEE HOUR

Thursday, November 12th at 8:30 AM-9:30 AM

Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches

3220 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78723

About the Event

The Central Regional Council of USGBC-Texas hosts Green Coffee Hours each quarter, open to the public. This 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.

South: Green Coffee - San Antonio (Thursday, November 12, 2026)

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:30:00 GMT

USGBC South Texas: Texas Municipal League Networking Event (Thursday, November 12, 2026)

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Central: Austin Sustainable Building Materials Forum (Friday, November 13, 2026)

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Sustainable Building Materials Forum

City of Austin Permitting and Development Center
6310 Wilhelmina Delco Blvd, Austin

Friday, November 13
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

free event

Overview

Join the City of Austin for Design, (De)Construction and the Circular Economy a full-day event exploring sustainability, circularity and regenerative urbanism. Confirmed speakers, panels and workshops are listed below. Explore program details on the Speak Up Austin event registration page.

Panels

The Carbon We've Already Invested: Cutting Emissions through Reuse and Retrofits
From Scrappy to Scalable: Building a Reuse Business
Innovating for Circularity: Building Technologies, Materials and Processes That Transform Waste
Navigating Challenges and Celebrating Success in Building Deconstruction
One Region, Shared Resources: Scaling Material Exchange
Rethinking What's Already Built

Workshops

Writing Technical Specifications
Tools for Measuring Carbon (tentative)

Attendance Details

Event is free and open to everyone, and RSVP is required.

REGISTER HERE

North: Emerging Leaders Happy Hour (Friday, November 13, 2026)

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:00:00 GMT

USGBC North Texas Emerging Leaders Happy Hour!

Looking to connect with other young professionals passionate about sustainability and green building? Join the U.S. Green Building Council North Texas Emerging Leaders for our monthly happy hour!

The Emerging Leaders group is open to anyone under 30 who is involved in, or interested in exploring, the exciting world of green building and sustainable development.

Come network, share ideas, and build connections with fellow sustainability-minded professionals in a casual setting.

When:

Friday, November 13, 2026

4:00 - 6:00 PM

Where:

Bowen House

2614 Boll Street, Dallas, TX 75204

North: Adopt a Shoreline at White Rock Lake (Saturday, November 14, 2026)

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Adopt a Shoreline at White Rock Lake

When: Saturday, November 14th

9:00-11:00 AM

Where: White Rock Lake Park, Dallas, TX at the parking area for the Winfrey Point Baseball Fields.

Give a little time. Make a big difference.

Join us at White Rock Lake for a morning of fresh air, good company, and real impact on one of Dallas’s favorite green spaces.

Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend, a coworker, or the whole family.

About the event
USGBC North Texas has adopted Shoreline #6 through the Adopt-A-Shoreline program administered by For the Love of the Lake (FTLOTL).

Our job is to help keep this shoreline clean and healthy for the neighbors, wildlife, and visitors who enjoy it.

What to bring: Just yourself and a good attitude. FTLOTL provides the trash bags, gloves, and other supplies, and will restock as needed.

Healthy communities start with healthy places. Come help us build both.

#BigStateBiggerImpact

Central: Holiday Party (Thursday, December 03, 2026)

Thu, 03 Dec 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Celebrate the Season with USGBC Central Texas

When: Thursday December 3, 2025

4:30pm-7:30pm

Where: SXSW Center Rooftop

1400 Lavaca St. Austin, TX 78701

Join us at the SXSW Center Rooftop for a festive evening with friends and colleagues from across the region. As the year comes to a close, we're excited to celebrate you and thank you for your hard work, dedication, and commitment to creating more sustainable, green, and healthy communities.

Come raise a glass, connect with colleagues, and ring in the holidays together! Registration opening soon.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Webinar: Community Benefits and Tax Abatements: A guide for cities and counties (Tuesday, December 08, 2026)

Tue, 08 Dec 2026 16:30:00 GMT

Community Benefits and Tax Abatements:
A guide for cities and counties

Free Webinar Session
(Zoom link included in confirmation email)

WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 8
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. (CDT)

Whether they are wanted or not, data centers are coming to Texas. A data center developer may ask your city or county for a tax abatement worth tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars. Will your community get a fair return?

The U.S. Green Building Council of Texas invites mayors, city council members, county judges, commissioners, state legislators and staff to a free one-hour webinar: Community Benefits and Tax Abatements: A guide for cities and counties. This one-hour, invitation-only, event is hosted by USGBC Texas.

In one hour, you will learn about one Texas county that secured $10 million a year in guaranteed payments, $10 million for emergency services, and $600,000 in community investment. Communities can benefit by knowing what to ask for and how to get it.

Space is limited. Please register and share this invitation with your colleagues.

This event is not a sales pitch for or against data centers. It is a frank, business leader conversation designed to give you facts. The session will help you lead your constituents and explain data center issues.

This presentation is focused exclusively for Texas County Judges, County Commissioners, Mayors, City Council Members and Legislators.

AGENDA

· Welcome
· The Texas data center boom by the numbers
· Data center impacts on cities and counties
· Community benefits and performance standards
· What a tax abatement is worth
· Texas examples of agreements with developers
· Knowing what to ask for and getting it in writing
· Making it enforceable: Community Benefit Agreement contracts
· The first-meeting disclosure checklist
· Lessons from San Antonio
· What to do when a data center developers' plans become known
· Questions and answers

SPEAKERS:

Jonathan Kraatz
Executive Director
USGBC Texas Chapter

Jim Broughton
Chair, Data Center Working Group
USGBC Texas Chapter

South: Green Coffee - San Antonio (Thursday, December 10, 2026)

Thu, 10 Dec 2026 14:30:00 GMT