Florida Water Star Training and Workshops

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Dedication ceremony for a new Florida Water Star-SM home.

Jeff Cole, District Chief of Staff, and Deirdre Irwin, Florida Water Star^SM coordinator, center, talk with Lynne Mason of Hovis Custom Builders during a ceremony dedicating a home as a new Florida Water Star^SM home.

Training and workshops

Florida Water Star^SM offers training to educate building professionals about water-efficient appliances, irrigation systems and landscaping. While many of the Florida Water Star^SM workshops have focused on residential construction, programs are being expanded to include information specific to commercial and community-level projects.

Local government presentations are available upon request. Please contact Florida Water Star^SM staff for more information.

Workshops on designing, building and certifying Florida Water Star^SM projects are offered throughout participating areas. Other relevant training by public and private organizations is listed on this calendar.

Florida Water Star^SM Accredited Professional training in Palm Beach County
Event	Date and Time	Details
Training	June 12, 2013 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.	Location: South Florida Water Management District 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406 Information: Learn how to design and install water-efficient landscapes in training hosted by the South Florida Water Management District. The training cost is $15 and the exam is $50. See flyer for details. Registration: Contact Merry Mott at mmott@fngla.org or (407) 295-7994.
Exam	June 13, 2013 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Florida Water Star^SM Accredited Professional training in Collier County
Event	Date and Time	Details
Training	Aug. 13, 2013 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.	Location: Big Cypress Basin Service Center 2660 Horseshoe Drive North Napels, FL 34104 Information: Learn how to design and install water-efficient landscapes in training hosted by the South Florida Water Management District. The training cost is $15 and the exam is $50. See flyer for details. Registration: Contact Merry Mott at mmott@fngla.org or (407) 295-7994.
Exam	Aug. 14, 2013 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Event	Date and Time	Details
Florida Green Builders Coalition Green Trends 2013	Aug. 21–23, 2013	Location: Ritz Carlton, 1111 Ritz-Carlton Drive, Sarasota, FL 34236 Information: The annual Florida Green Building Conference and Tradeshow — Green Trends — draws an active green building audience of builders, architects, specifiers, facility managers, green consultants and product representatives. Learn about the latest cost-saving strategies, resource and energy efficiency, water conservation, indoor air quality, effective operations and maintenance and more. Registration: For more information and to register, visit www.GreenTrends.org.