Your program. Your criteria. We run it.

Triconic administers water and energy efficiency certification programs for the organizations that own them, including Florida Water Star and the Green Builder Coalition's WERS and WaterSense programs. Since 2017, we have issued more than 9,500 certificates in Florida, Georgia, and New Mexico.

Programs we help our clients and sponsors design and deploy can be built on internationally recognized ISO/IEC conformity assessment principles, for results that are credible, reliable, and consistent across regions. We have been at this for 47 years, since 1979.

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Program owners and partners we work with

Programs we administer for their owners

Each program belongs to the agency or association that sponsors it. Triconic runs the program on CriteriaOS, from inspector approvals to certificates, and the owner keeps the criteria, the brand, and the decisions. FHBA's Certified Ratings Program also runs on CriteriaOS.

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Florida Water Star

Florida's water management districts designate Triconic to administer Florida Water Star, which certifies homes and buildings that use less water indoors and outdoors.

WERS

Since 2018, Triconic has helped the Green Builder Coalition develop its Water Efficiency Rating Score certification program. WERS now runs fully on CriteriaOS, including verifier approvals, rating data, and certificates.

WaterSense

Triconic helped secure WaterSense accreditation for the Green Builder Coalition and administers GBC's WaterSense program.

How a program runs with Triconic

The owner decides what the program requires. Approved inspectors do the work in the field. CriteriaOS handles the applications, inspection data, certificates, and records in between.

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The owner sets the rules

The program's owner decides its criteria, its requirements, its fees, and who may inspect. Those decisions stay with the owner.

Approved inspectors do the work

Inspectors apply online and are approved against the owner's requirements. 175 approved inspectors work in programs on CriteriaOS today.

Certificates are issued and recorded

Each submission is checked against the program's criteria before a certificate is issued in the program's name. Every record is kept for reporting and audit.

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A neutral operator for programs others own

Triconic does not own the standards behind the programs it runs. The owner keeps the standard, the credential, and the mark, and Triconic runs the program under a published Code of Ethics that requires independence, impartiality, and confidentiality.

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We run programs others own

Florida's water management districts, the Green Builder Coalition, and FHBA own the programs Triconic administers.

We work alongside inspection and certification organizations

Triconic does not compete with testing, inspection, and certification organizations. Their inspectors do the work in the field, inside programs that owners set.

Rules that keep us independent

Our Code of Ethics applies to Triconic, certification agencies, and accredited inspectors: independence, impartiality, confidentiality, and no conflicts of interest.

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Program owners

Agencies and associations considering a program of their own: why own one, what it involves, and who already does it.

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Approved inspectors

Inspectors and program staff log in to CriteriaOS to submit inspections and manage approvals.

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Agencies and policy staff

Our history, our record since 2017, and how we stay independent of the programs we run.

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