High Standards & Strict Verification for Pardee Homes' Green-Built Designs Add Confidence to Buying Decision

    LOS ANGELES, CA, October 28, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- While many homebuilders today promote their "green" homes, buyers want to be sure that the home they choose will stand up to the many marketing claims. With LivingSmart Homes by Pardee Homes, they get that assurance. Being built and sold in Fair Oaks Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley, these homes meet the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) at the Gold level.

LivingSmart Homes are priced from the low $400,000s and offer approximately 1,846 to 2,432 square feet of living space. Varied, versatile designs incorporate some 30 green features, including solar power systems, as standard.

These features, plus the favorable setting of Fair Oaks Ranch, helped the homes win Green Community of the Year/Suburban in the 2011 SoCal Awards. Praising the designs and the master-planned community of Fair Oaks Ranch, the judges appreciated the union of new homes with desirable, completed lifestyle amenities. Among them: the K-6 Fair Oaks Ranch Community School and its playgrounds and sports fields; a hiking and walking trail, Fair Oaks Ranch Park, hundreds of acres of open space and a resort-style recreation center. Within easy reach of Fair Oaks Ranch are Metrolink, freeways, shopping, dining and services.

LivingSmart Homes' attainably-priced designs represent the company's most ambitious green-built home neighborhood to date. That's saying a lot, because Pardee Homes has been building greener homes and more sustainable communities since 1998, when it delivered its first energy-efficient homes to California and Las Vegas buyers.

"Fair Oaks Ranch typifies our longstanding commitment to green building, one that extends beyond individual homes to include the advantages of a sustainable, convenient lifestyle," said Joyce Mason, vice president of marketing for Pardee Homes and a Certified Green Professional. "And at LivingSmart Homes, buyers gain extra assurance by knowing that their new home's green performance is verified by the independent, third party inspectors of ConSol.

ConSol conducts visual inspections and testing of new homes by Pardee Homes at several stages of construction. Meeting NGBS requirements for green verifications, ConSol has been providing energy solutions for builders and other entities since 1981, as well as research and energy consulting.

"We also look to ConSol for expertise in our quest to continuously improve the green systems and technologies that go into our homes," added Mason. "We couple this with careful selection of new home products and the vendors who supply those products because ultimately, our green story is a new home quality story!"

To learn more about the National Green Building Standard, visit: http://bit.ly/ntJDln. Also see www.pardeehomes.com and hit the YouTube link to find more great green videos.

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