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Signature Custom Homes is going green, verifiably and certifiably green.
The locally owned and operated company, headed by Las Vegas native Brian Plaster, has signed up as the first home builder to participate in the Southern Nevada Green Building Partnership, a program developed by the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association and the Green Building Initiative of Portland, Ore., to help builders design and construct more environmentally sensitive, or “green,” new homes in metropolitan Las Vegas.
The Green Building Partnership will provide Signature Custom Homes, and other home builders that sign up to participate, the technical expertise to use the program’s 10-page green building guidelines; administer an impartial, third-party inspection and verification that the program guidelines have been met in the design and construction of a home; and issue certification that a home has been constructed to the program’s green building requirements. Third-party inspections and verifications are conducted by companies that have specific training and specialize in the area of environmentally sensitive construction technology.
Green building goes far beyond energy conservation. The Green Building Partnership’s goal is to direct the efficient use of resources, materials, energy and water; maximize the indoor environmental quality in new housing; and educate homeowners about the operation and maintenance of a green home.
“Signature Custom Homes is honored to be the first home builder to sign up for this green building program. We want to be part of this locally based effort that’s bringing green building to residential construction in our community,” said Plaster, 29, who is vice president of operations of Signature Custom Homes, and the son of home builders Richard and Wendy Plaster, who founded the production home building company, Signature Homes, in Las Vegas in 1978. Signature Custom Homes was launched in 1999; the company builds about five to 10 custom homes a year.
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