Through such behavior changes, Sarasota County reduced its per capita water consumption from 130 gallons a day in the early 90s to 89 gallons a day in 2006. The Florida House Learning Center has given away over 400 2.5 gallon/minute showerheads during the last year alone, helping the community to save an estimated 1,728,000 gallons of water, based on a 2-person household and 4 showers a week.

Individuals and families are not the only beneficiaries of Florida House Learning Center expertise. Seventeen Florida municipalities have visited the Florida House to learn how to create their own sustainability education centers. Hundreds of building industry professionals have come to the Florida House to see green building products and practices demonstrated. Delegations from Mexico, Jordan, Russia and China have all visited the Learning Center in recent years. Thousands of telephone and email inquiries about green building and sustainable living products have come in from states and municipalities across the nation. Large outreach projects inspired by the Florida House Learning Center that have been completed or are underway include the following:

Utah House, Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah State University Campus) Opened 2005 www.extension.usu.edu/utahhouse Louisiana House, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Louisiana State University Campus) www.louisianahouse.org Scheduled to open in 2007 The American Home, Raleigh, NC (North Carolina State University Campus) www.ces.ncsu.edu/americanhome Center for Sustainable Living (113 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC) www.113.calhoun.org Cairo House, Cairo Egypt (Government Office Building) www.aoye.org/chouse.html Graduate students and their professor from Tulane University in New Orleans have visited the Florida House Learning Center twice for information and ideas to help them assist their community not just to rebuild, but to rebuild green.