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Date & Time:
Monday, May 3, 2004 - 8:30 AM to 12 Noon
Location: MAC Building , Room 202
Offered By: Florida Solar Energy Center
Fee: $69
Presenter: Robin Vieira - Buildings Research Division Director, Florida Solar Energy Center
Workshop Description: Students should gain an understanding of how to create highly marketable communities while optimizing the use of land, water and energy resources. Topics include terms, movements and other fertilizer (smart growth, new urbanism, sustainability, green developments), where your community is headed, case studies of successful developments, complying with the FGBC green development standard and visioning future cities.
Who Should Attend : Intended for architects, bankers, builders, developers, educators, elected officials, environmental consultants, engineers, government planners and administrators, landscape architects, scientists, transportation planners, urban designers, and utility representatives.
Credits: 3 CEUS Available
Website Link for More Information and to Register: http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/ed/contin_ed/checklist.htm
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Date & Time:
Monday, May 3, 2004 - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: MAC Building , Room 206
Offered By: GreenSmart® Realty, LLC
Fee: $250
Presenter: Pattie W. Glenn - President/CEO of GreenSmart® Realty
Workshop Description: This full day course is designed to teach you how to maximize the power of green marketing and sales, effectively convey the VALUE of Green and empower your team to build the green close. You will discover the hidden green profit centers, learn how you can qualify more buyers with green mortgages, and master green sale strategies in order to sell more homes.
Who Should Attend: Designed to meet the needs of Builders, Developers, Sales & Marketing, REALTORS®, Lenders, Product Manufacturers, Energy Raters, FGBC Certifying Agents, HBA"'s or SMC's, and Municipalities.
Credits: FREC CEUs applied for.
Website Link for More Information and to Register: http://www.greensmart.net
Other Info: Included Lunch and Morning & Afternoon Snacks
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Date & Time:
Monday, May 3, 2004 - 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: MAC Building , Room 205
Offered By: Univ. of Florida - Energy Extension Service
Fee: $80
Presenters: Mark Hostetler, Assistant Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation & Hal Knowles - Graduate Student - University of Florida
Workshop Description: The objective of this training is to provide built environment professionals with some tools to preserve wildlife habitat and promote wildlife diversity. Many residential developments are situated near wildlife and habitats that sustain wildlife communities. Preserving the unique natural features inherent on every development site benefits wildlife and homeowners. Much of this module is devoted to defining, recognizing, and managing natural communities because of the intricate link between healthy wildlife communities and natural communities. Emphasis will be on residential and small commercial design and management at the community scale.
Who Should Attend: This workshop is designed for Developers, Building Contractors, Professional Engineers, and Landscape Architects.
Credits: The course offers 3 CEUs for all of the groups specified.
Website Link for More Information and to Register: http://www.energy.ufl.edu
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Date & Time:
Monday, May 3, 2004 - 8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Location: MAC Building , Room 205
Offered By: Univ. of Florida/IFAS , Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Program, FEES
Fee: $80
Presenters: Thomas Becker - FYN Builder & Developer Coordinator; Glenn Acomb -Associate Professor - University of Florida; and Carolyn Saft - Environmental Horticulture Agent - Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Service; Gabriole Van Bryce green interior designer
Workshop Description: What does a Florida Yard Look Like? Florida homeowners seek landscape/build features that protect the natural environment and bring harmony, order, beauty and value into their lives. This training provides development team planners and advisors FYN guidelines for better site design and management practices for reducing storm-water runoff and conserving water. The 4 hour session will show 'good' landscape design, efficient watering with micro-irrigation and 'new' ways to protect Florida 's waterfront. Participants will perform an FYN yard certification; discuss FYN contacts, available resources and a list of FYN 'model' home and demonstration landscapes. Attendees will learn landscape tools for modeling a resource efficient community that puts the right plant in the right place, waters efficiently, mulches, recycles, uses turf selectively, selects the least toxic pest control measures, fertilizes only when necessary, provides food, water and shelter for wildlife and protects surface and ground water supplies.
Who Should Attend: Designed for Developers, Building Contractors, Professional Engineers, and Landscape Architects
Credits: CEUs available for Landscape Architects
Website Link for More Information and to Register: http://www.energy.ufl.edu
Other Info: Direct Questions to Tom Becker at tbecker@ifas.ufl.edu or call 352-392-1831, ext 243.
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Date&Time:
Monday, May 3, 2004 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: MAC Building , Room 204
Offered By: South Florida ASID
Fee: $50 per person & $10 for Students
Presenter: Bernadette Upton, President – South Florida ASID,
LEED accredited professional
Workshop Description: This course is designed specifically for the role of the interior designer in reference to sustainable (green) design, as well as optimum indoor air quality (IAQ) and environmental quality (IEQ).
The interior designer can expect to come away with knowledge of sustainability and health practices as an introduction to preferred products (example: paints low in voc (volatile organic compounds) emissions, and techniques for installations reducing pollution.
A brief overview of LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) will be addressed, as well as directives for introducing green ethics and products into their practices.
Who Should Attend: This course is for Interior Design Professionals and carries ASID CEU Credits.
Credits: Two CEU Credits approved by ASID – Course # 7675
To Register: Phone: 561-845-5433; FAX: 561-845-5588;
E-mail: ecodecor@bellsouth.net
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