HealthSmart(TM) Amenities in New Pardee Homes are Added Ingredients for a Healthy Lifestyle; California/Nevada Builder Marks More Than a Decade of Green Leadership With New Home Features

    SAN DIEGO, CA, April 10, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Part of green living is making sure that your body is healthy as well as your environment, and with a new Pardee home you get the added benefits of HealthSmart features that are conducive to a healthy, happy lifestyle. With more than a decade-long commitment to building greener homes, Pardee's award-winning LivingSmart program offers home buyers health-friendly features and options that not only foster good health, but support efforts to contribute to a greener world.

All LivingSmart homes include toxic-free grout in the floors and counters, toxic-free caulking, low-formaldehyde carpet pads and insulation and low-formaldehyde insulation. These HealthSmart amenities are not only healthier, but eco-friendly. Add low VOC paint, which is virtually non-toxic and odorless with few Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), and you have improved your indoor air quality. Low VOC not only improves air quality, but is safe for pets, too.

Home buyers who really want to step up their HealthSmart quotient can opt for a central vacuum system known to promote indoor air quality by carrying dust-laden air directly to a discreet canister housed in the garage. A high-efficiency electronic air filtration system with advance programmable thermostat is also available.

"Healthy living is easy with a Pardee home and the added convenience of our HealthSmart features," said Joyce Mason, vice president of marketing for Pardee Homes. "Most people who are concerned about their health take the time to eat smart and exercise, but many overlook their home environment. Our LivingSmart program is the answer. We know we can eliminate carpet fibers that harbor dust mites, pet dander and other allergens while improving indoor air quality. We know we can improve water and air quality and offer you the safest paint available, so we have. To date, we have brought more than 3,500 LivingSmart Homes to our markets in Southern California and Nevada and we are committed to making every home we build as sustainable as possible."

LivingSmart homes are located primarily in master-planned communities, such as Pacific Highlands Ranch in North San Diego County, where smart growth principles are complemented by diversified housing choices and eco-friendly landscaping that blends harmoniously with nearly 1,300 acres of preserved open space. Walkable neighborhoods and nearby parks promote good health, too.

In addition, Pardee Homes has introduced an entire design line that was inspired by LivingSmart and focused market research that showed the company just what buyers were thinking about and hoping for in a new home today. The exciting, new LivingSmart Homes were introduced on February 13, 2010 in the Canyon Hills and Tournament Hills master-planned communities in the Inland Empire. Both neighborhoods have had great success, with 30 sales in 30 days.

Pardee Homes anticipates additional enhancements to its green build programs, viewing these as the natural evolution of its long-term commitment to green and sustainable development. The company is excited to share its commitment to green building and share its resources with the public during the month of April with company-wide, regional Earth Day activities that focus on the four elements of their LivingSmart program: HealthSmart, WaterSmart, EarthSmart and EnergySmart.

Established in 1921, Pardee Homes is active in California in the San Diego, Inland Empire and Los Angeles/Ventura markets, and in Las Vegas. The company emphasizes master-planned communities that include schools, parks and open space, and is noted for quality construction, customer service and dedication to the educational and civic goals of the communities in which it builds. See www.pardeehomes.com.

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