Pardee Homes Noted For Green Building Practices & Longstanding Commitment To High-Performance, Cost-Conserving Homes

    LOS ANGELES, CA, October 16, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The latest recognition for Pardee Homes' longstanding commitment to greener homes and communities has come in a new book from Boyce Thompson, a writer and consultant who served more than 15 years as editor of Builder magazine. In The New New Home, Thompson focuses on Pardee's green building milestones in the "Green Goes Mainstream" chapter.

"Pardee Homes, which builds in the West, was early to the green building party," said Thompson in his text, which also notes that Pardee has steadily added more green products and features through the years. Thompson identified the builder's LivingSmart program as one that includes a full complement of energy and water-saving features while also promoting a green lifestyle. Learn more about The New New Home from Taunton Press or by visiting Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Home-Getting-dreams/dp/1627103880.

"We are delighted to be part of Boyce Thompson's excellent overview of America's new home design trends, which features expert guidance for today's homebuyers," said Joyce Mason, Pardee Homes vice president of marketing. "Being recognized for our green building programs and advocacy is always an honor, and being noted for our focus on mainstream solutions is even more important--offering practical measures in new homes has been our green building objective from the start."

Pardee Homes began its pursuit of green in 1998 with a single project, incorporating advanced energy efficiencies in a line of affordable homes in California's high desert, where summers are hot and winters cold. That effort marked the birth of Pardee's pioneering LivingSmart brand, introduced in 2000 and made standard in 2008 throughout Pardee's new home markets.

The LivingSmart brand encompasses a host of resource conservation and new home performance measures, regardless of location or price point. Components are grouped by what they do: EnergySmart , EarthSmart , WaterSmart and Health Smart organize the more than 30 included and optional features of LivingSmart

LivingSmart is also the name of selected new home neighborhoods by Pardee Homes that meld LivingSmart green measures with distinctive lifestyle design. Found throughout the builder's California and Nevada markets, LivingSmart Homes fulfill criteria for higher performance homes that buyers also embrace for their design quality, floorplan versatility and upscale features.

Pardee Homes has brought more than 6,000 LivingSmart homes to its markets, earning recognition for green building achievements from numerous agencies and professional organizations. Among them: the National Association of Home Builders; the Green Builder Awards; the U.S. EPA and DOE; California's Office of the Governor; the California Building Industry Association; the Nevada Energy Task Force Renewable and Conservation Commission; and the Southern Nevada Water Authority.

Pardee Homes is also widely recognized for its superior master-planning concepts, quality construction, responsive customer service and dedication to the educational and civic goals of the communities in which it builds. Visit www.pardeehomes.com.

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