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A green-building standard that’s swept commercial and resort construction in Las Vegas is reaching the housing sector, and locals will get a first glimpse of the new eco-friendly homes this weekend.

The U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program is ubiquitous in public buildings and casinos across the Las Vegas Valley. Now, Pulte Homes is building two single-family houses under the new LEED for Homes program. The houses are inside The Club at Madeira Canyon in Henderson.

The U.S. Green Building Council has been developing LEED for Homes for about two years and officially unveiled the program at a Chicago trade show in November. Nationally, just 412 new houses had obtained LEED certification as of Friday. Pulte is the first tract-home builder in the valley to construct under LEED for Homes.

For Pulte, the two houses have provided a test drive of building to LEED criteria, helping the company understand how it would have to modify its construction processes and materials to meet the guidelines, said Sasha Jackowich, a Pulte spokeswoman. The goal: to learn how to make LEED construction easier. Read full story:

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