Pulte Homes earns LEED award

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Pulte Homes has received the 2009 Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Award for Homes Outstanding Production Builder by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

The award recognizes builders for production homes certified in the LEED for Homes program and for a commitment to green home building.

The USGBC’s Residential Market Development Team selected Pulte for its Las Vegas division’s achievements with the Villa Trieste project in Summerlin, Nev. Villa Trieste will be a community of 185 LEED Platinum-certified single-family homes, making it one of the largest LEED for Homes projects to date, according to the home builder.

Homes in Villa Trieste have solar panel roofs, offer 55% improved energy efficiency over the International Energy Conservation Code and decrease indoor water use by 35%.

Pulte received the award as part of the USGBC’s annual Greenbuild Residential Summit in Phoenix.