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Lennar Launches New Website Highlighting “PowerSmart” Homes

Date: 03/15/2010 | Source: Lennar Corporation
Lennar PowerSmart homes

Lennar PowerSmart homesTo coincide with the introduction of our PowerSmart homes, Lennar has launched a new website to inform our Customers about Lennar’s overall commitment to green homebuilding, along with details of PowerSmart homes as they are introduced in Lennar markets across the nation. Designed as a supplemental microsite to the company’s main Lennar.com website, LennarPowerSmart.com features green living tips, information and resources about green technology and homebuilding, and a continuously expanding library of “going green” videos. Watch the United States map turn green as PowerSmart homes are introduced in more Lennar homebuilding markets, and discover how the PowerSmart home by Lennar is designed to save homeowners money, while empowering them to help save the environment. Click here to visit LennarPowerSmart.com


    Denim Drive Expands to Insulate Habitat for Humanity Homes

    Date: 03/13/2010 | Source: USA Today
    Cotton: From Blue to Green
    Cotton: From Blue to Green

    Source: USA Today

    Whoever said that Going Green is out of fashion needs to seriously think again. Gap Stores has given new meaning to this concept through its “Cotton: From Blue to Green” project. This expanding denim drive collects old jeans that are recycled to make insulation for Habitat for Humanity homes. Since 2006 when Gap launched this campaign, 540 homes have been built using denim insulation, which has also kept 200 tons of denim out of landfills. Read the full article to learn more about this unique approach to building green!

      Will 2010 Be The Year Home Efficiency Finally Takes Off?

      Date: 03/11/2010 | Source: Environmental Leader
      Lennar Home Efficiency

      Lennar Home EfficiencyWith more States adopting incentives and rebates for efficient products, increasing numbers of companies creating green programs, and utility companies getting on board with clean energy standards, many are inquiring into whether the year 2010 will be the year home efficiency finally takes off. Now more than ever there are numerous ways that individual people can make their green footprint, and ways that are increasingly more affordable due to the actions by States, large companies, and utilities. 2010 may be the year that all the pieces come together. What are your thoughts? Read this article and let us know!

        Lennar Bay Area Unveils Petaluma’s Only Solar Community During Highly-Anticipated Grand Opening This Weekend

        Date: 03/05/2010 | Source: Lennar Communities
        Lennar Bay Area Solar Home
        Lennar Bay Area Solar Home

        Source: Lennar Bay Area

        Homebuyers can become a part of Sonoma County’s newest and most highly-anticipated solar community, Lennar’s Riverview in Petaluma, during the exciting grand opening celebration this weekend. With incredibly low pricing on upgraded homes, Riverview’s long-awaited grand opening presents the ideal opportunity to purchase an upscale brand new solar equipped home at a competitive price. Save Money. Save the Environment. Read the full article to learn more!

          Homebuilders Make Green, Efficient Features Standard

          Date: 03/03/2010 | Source: USA Today
          Lennar Green Homes
          Lennar Green Homes

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          Homebuilders around the country are catching the green wave. Responding to recent polls, which suggest that green homes sell more quickly and at higher prices, many homebuilders, especially the larger ones, are adapting their building practices to include more energy efficient features and construction techniques. Lennar Minnesota, for example, just announced the release of its PowerSmart home, designed to cut energy usage by 40%! Lennar joins other large homebuilders who are actively engaging in building and selling green homes. See which builders are taking this meaningful step towards energy efficiency by reading this article.

            Lennar Minnesota Introduces PowerSmart℠ Homes to Save You Green – Up to 40 Percent in Energy Usage

            Date: 03/02/2010
            Lennar Minnesota Powersmart Homes - Save Energy

            Lennar Minnesota Powersmart Homes - Save EnergyHomebuilder Starts Rollout Of Certified Energy Efficient Homes In Minnesota At No Added Cost To The Homebuyer

            MINNEAPOLIS / SAINT PAUL, MN – (March 1, 2010) – Lennar (NYSE: LEN), one of the nation’s leading homebuilders announces the launch of its energy efficient PowerSmartSM Homes introducing its certified green homes initiative in its Minnesota region. [Continue]